Rome (AFP) - Roma tightened the noose on its neighbor Lazio, the leaders, and reduced the gap with them to a point, after its great victory over its guest Sassuolo 3-0 on Saturday in the eleventh stage of the Italian Football League.
Published on: 07/11/2026 - 22:41
Roma rose to second place with 27 points, behind Lazio, who plays host Napoli in the opening matches on Sunday, and two points ahead of Inter, the defending champion, who in turn hosts the brilliant Como, who is in fourth place at the top of the stage.
The capital team did not need more than an hour to confirm its superiority with a hat-trick from Spaniard Mario Hermoso (27), Polish Sebastian Valukievich (30 own-goals), and Portuguese Rodrigo Moura (58).
Cagliari stopped its host Frosinone after a series of four matches without a loss, in which it achieved three victories, and defeated it with a clean goal.
Frosinone only lost once in the last eight matches before Saturday's match, but Frenchman Michel Adobo's goal in the 38th minute froze his score at 20 points in sixth place.
On the other hand, Cagliari, with its first win after four losses, raised its score to 16 points.
Bologna took advantage of the numerical deficiency among its host Parma from the ninth minute, inflicting a 2-1 loss.
Senegalese defender Abdoulaye Ndiaye was sent off nine minutes after the start of the match with a direct red card, but the visitors waited until the 53rd minute to open the scoring through Belgian Artur Thiat, before substitute Ricardo Orsolini added the second from a penalty kick (72).
Swiss Vincent Sierro's goal from a penalty kick in the 81st minute did not save the hosts, who suffered their seventh loss and their score froze at 8 points, compared to 17 points for Bologna.
In another match, Torino tied with the goal of Angolan Kayalonda Gaspard (60 own errors) and the goal of Portuguese Daniel Brangansa, who responded in kind in his own goal, equalizing for Lecce (73).
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