Francesco Totti was the player taking all the plaudits as he scored his 300th goal for Roma, a club he has spent his entire career at. Perisic was also very quiet for a majority of the match, though towards the end he became more involved when his speed was used on the counter. “We hope to win something, they’re expecting a lot and hopefully this year we can do it”.
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Roma sit fourth at a point further adrift after a frustrating display by Rudi Garcia’s scudetto challengers only days after they battled to a commendable 1-1 Champions League home draw against defending champions Barcelona. Before Tuesday, we knew that a good start in the Champions League would get us going and rekindle that spark that was lacking in our first three league games.
Garcia said last week that his dream was to help Totti add another title before he retires, whenever that may be. “Of course it’s great to be up there but we can’t think about it”.
Juventus enjoyed a huge slice of fortune at Genoa when Pogba volleyed against the underside of the bar from Roberto Pereyra’s cross and the ball hit Lamanna on the chest and bounced into the goal.
Genoa defender Armando Izzo was shown a second yellow before halftime and Pogba converted a penalty for Juve on the hour mark after Giorgio Chiellini was fouled. “Totti? 300 is an incredible number”.
Totti, who made his senior debut with Roma in March 1993, pulled the Giallorossi level in the 36th minute after collecting Miralem Pjanic’s pass from midfield to beat Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli from the edge of the area.
The fact that Modena club managed to retain the services of key forward Domenico Berardi through the summer transfer window, meantime, means that they possess a consistent goal threatwhen he is fit and the sale of Simone Zaza to Juventus was ambitiously off-set by the €10m purchase of French forward Gregoire Defrel from Cesena.
New York lawyer Joe Tacopina attended the match to bid fans goodbye, having announced earlier that he was resigning as Bologna president after just 11 months in charge due to a rift with Canadian investor Joey Saputo.
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Inter host winless Hellas Verona on Wednesday. Toni exited with an apparent left knee injury in the first half.
