Today, the matches of the fourteenth round of "Serie A" continue. The first game took place in Rome, where the local team faced off against "Sassuolo."
The hosts, unexpectedly in second place in the tournament table, suffered an early setback - Simone Zaza scored after 15 minutes in an incredible way. Goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis tried to clear the ball away from his own goal, but the opposing player managed to block and redirect it into the net.
The troubles for the players of the "Eternal City" did not end there, as just three minutes later the same Zaza scored a brace.
The scoreboard showed 2-0 after the first half, and the fans in the stadium were undoubtedly shocked. Their shock deepened at the beginning of the second half, when Daniele De Rossi saw his second yellow card in front of his eyes.
However, despite the seeming failure for the country's vice champions, that was not the case. Capital footballers, rising in the decisive moment, expanded their scoreline thanks to a brace from Adem Ljajić. The Serbian scored his first goal by converting a penalty earned by Gervinho.
The equalizer had to wait until the end of the match. Then, the capital team's forward scored after a pass from Alessandro Florenzi from the edge.
It is worth mentioning that the hosts controlled the ball for 77% of the time and dominated in corners 11-1.
After these draws, "Roma" failed to take advantage of Juventus's tie and get closer to "bianconeri" by one point.
In other matches, "Torino" played with "Palermo" at home with the same result. The visitors took the lead twice, but the Turin team managed to secure a draw. Interestingly, "Palermo" only shot on goal twice, while the hosts had six attempts.
Results:
"Roma" 2 - 2 "Sassuolo" [0-1] 15' Simone Zaza [0-2] 18' Simone Zaza 51' Daniele De Rossi ("Roma") sent off from the field [1-2] 78' Adem Ljajić (from a penalty kick) [2-2] 90' Adem Ljajić 90' Sime Vrsaljko ("Sassuolo") sent off from the field
"Torino" 2 - 2 "Palermo" [0-1] 16' Luca Rigoni [1-1] 36' Josef Martinez [1-2] 44' Paulo Dybala [2-2] 64' Kamil Glik
