New La Dea Rising - Serie A 2020-21

[Gert from the Well]

1-1 after 15 minutes, with both veteran strikers scoring (Ibrahimovic and Dzeko).

[Gert from the Well]

As with the first half Roma concede two minutes into the restart - maybe a side-effect of putting the clocks back at the weekend?

[Gert from the Well]

Ibra brace, two velvet-soft penalties and a 3-3 draw, Great game with abysmal refereeing and defending.

[danielmak]

Ibra brace, two velvet-soft penalties and a 3-3 draw, Great game with abysmal refereeing and defending.

I listened more than watched. It seemed like Roma's awarded penalty was a mistake. ESPN announcers talked about the ref not going to VAR, which is odd. Those early goals in each half should be a serious concern. Basically the team wasn't ready to play.

I posted last time, that Roma has looked good against teams that won't compete for runner up spots to Juve and will probably struggle against the other pretenders. And here we go. This was the first Milan game I saw (as much as I did see) and they didn't look that great, which means Roma don't look that great either.

[Felicity, I guess so]

So the BBC league table is messing with my head- have Napoli been docked a point..?

played 5, won 4, points...11?!

[Gert from the Well]

So the BBC league table is messing with my head- have Napoli been docked a point..?

played 5, won 4, points...11?!

It's all a bit complicated they were docked a point for refusing to travel to Juventus due to two players having Covid-19, with Juventus awarded a 3-0 walkover. According to the leagues rules they should have played as games can only be cancelled if the team has less than 13 fit players. however they were advised by the local government not to travel. So this will go to appeal so at present the league standings are all up in the air.

[Tony C]

Excellent and surprising 2-0 win by Sassuolo at Napoli.

[danielmak]

Oddly Roma's defense continues to shine this season and now the problem is scoring goals across Europa and the league. Sunday saw a good result against Fiorentina (2-0). The first Roma goal was a lot of luck as bad passes took lucky bounces and Roma scored. The second goal was much better with Mikhitarian sending a perfect cross through the six yard box and Pedro tapping it in. Fiorentina never really troubled Roma at the back. I don't remember more than a couple shots and then when Fiorentina went down to 10 men very late, that was that.