“Salah scored a great goal, like Totti”.
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“Inter are the first candidates alongside Roma and Juventus for the league title”.
Playing his 24th season at his only professional club, the irrepressible Totti was gifted his first goal of the season when Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli gave away possession from a free kick in Sunday’s 2-2 draw. “It’s just a shame their goals weren’t enough to get us the win”.
Roma were stunned by Gregoire Defrel’s solo goal after 22 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico before Totti, left out against Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday, sprang into action.
Bottom side Frosinone are still without a point in Serie A after they slipped to a fourth consecutive defeat, 1-0 at Bologna, courtesy of Anthony Mounier’s first-half goal, while two late goals saw Atalanta held to a 1-1 draw by Verona, who cancelled out Maxi Moralez’s 89th-minute strike through Eros Pisano’s finish in the seventh minute of stoppage time. “We were waiting for it, but we’d all have preferred to celebrate a win”, Garcia said.
The club’s iconic No.10 scored his first goal wearing the No. 9 shirt, in a 1-1 draw with Foggia, as a 17-year-old, filling in for missing Argentine striker Abel Balbo.
The value in backing a home win is further enhanced when one accounts for the fact that Roma have won at Sassuolo in each of the previous two seasons and beat Di Francesco’s side 0-3 when they last met in April. The ref ended the first half with no extra time and Inter leading 1-0.
Chievo created more chances in the first half against Inter in a midday match played in hot sunshine in Verona but the home team were made to pay for hesitant defending which allowed Icardi to score out of the blue just before halftime.
Roma and Sassuolo are next, four points back.
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A sign of his longevity in Italian domestic football is that 2016 will mark the 10 year anniversary since he made his last global appearance for the Azzuri.
