Victor Osimhen adopted his contract renewal with Napoli within the worst doable manner as he bought despatched off in a 2-0 defeat at Roma in Serie A on Saturday.
Defending champion Napoli ended the match with 9 males as Matteo Politano was additionally red-carded shortly earlier than Lorenzo Pellegrini scored the opener.
Romelu Lukaku sealed the match for Roma, which moved as much as sixth, some extent above Napoli and three factors beneath fourth-placed Bologna.
Napoli was trying to bounce again from a 4-0 humiliation at house to Frosinone within the Italian Cup on Tuesday.
The stress was excessive on the Stadio Olimpico with each coaches booked for dissent within the first half amid numerous fouls and protests. It was of little shock when Politano was proven a straight pink card within the 66th minute for kicking out at Nicola Zalewski after having his jersey tugged by the Roma midfielder.
Roma broke the impasse 10 minutes later when makes an attempt by Sardar Azmoun after which Stephan El Shaarawy had been charged down however the latter was an help for Pellegrini, who fired the house facet forward.
Osimhen renewed his contract earlier Saturday to 2026 and was desirous to rejoice with a objective however, as a substitute, he obtained a second yellow card within the 86th, 13 minutes after his first reserving, and was despatched off.
Roma doubled its tally in stoppage time when Lukaku mixed with Evan Ndicka to complete off a counterattack.
BRAVO BISSECK
There was an unlikely scoring alternative for Lautaro Martínez when defender Yann Bisseck bagged his first objective for Inter Milan and launched the Serie A pacesetter to a 2-0 victory over Lecce.
Bisseck — who hit the woodwork moments earlier — flicked in a free kick with the again of his head two minutes from the break to assist Inter bounce again from a midweek Italian Cup defeat and consolidate prime spot within the league. Bisseck additionally had a header fingertipped over the bar within the second half.
Inter moved 4 factors forward of Juventus, which received at Frosinone 2-1.
Inter doubled its tally within the 78th following a second of magic from Marko Arnautović, who managed a cross from Barella and waited for him to dash into the field earlier than sensationally backheeling it to him to fit into the underside left nook.
Lecce winger Lameck Banda was proven a straight pink card and despatched off 5 minutes later for dissent.
Lautaro was unavailable for the primary time in 89 matches after the Argentine World Cup winner was injured on Wednesday through the Italian Cup exit to Bologna.
Lautaro, the Serie A number one scorer with 15, is anticipated again early within the new yr. Another key participant, Federico Dimarco, was additionally out damage.
YOUNGEST PLAYER
Kenan Yildiz turned the youngest foreigner to attain for Juventus in Serie A when he netted on his full debut.
The 18-year-old Yildiz had six substitute appearances this season and was made a starter for the primary time by Massimiliano Allegri.
The teenage Turkey ahead netted simply 12 minutes in, gathering from Filip Kostić earlier than forcing his well past three defenders and firing into the underside left nook.
Substitute Jaime Baez levelled for Frosinone early within the second half however Juventus restored its lead 9 minutes from time with a objective by a substitute of its personal, when Dušan Vlahović headed in Weston McKennie’s cross.
IMPRESSIVE BOLOGNA
Bologna consolidated fourth place and closed the hole on third-placed AC Milan to 2 factors with a 1-0 win over Atalanta.
Lewis Ferguson headed in a nook with 4 minutes remaining.
Bologna additionally knocked two-time defending champion Inter out of the Italian Cup midweek.
Torino rescued a 1-1 draw at house in opposition to relegation-threatened Udinese. Hellas Verona beat 10-man Cagliari 2-0 to leapfrog Claudio Ranieri’s facet and go some extent away from the drop zone.
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