A goal from Stefan El Shaarawy in the 92nd minute gave Roma an epic 2-1 victory at the Roman Olympic against Sassuolo and kept the full team of Portuguese Jose Mourinho celebrating his 1,000 games as coach.
In a vibrant, intense match, rich in chances on both sides and with a goal disallowed in the last breath to Gianluca Scamacca that could have been worth the draw, Roma sealed their third win in three games and kept the pace of Naples and Milan, leaders.
Mourinho celebrated Roma’s triumph in style, traveling more than sixty meters to hug his players under the south curve, the hottest sector of the Roma fans.
The Portuguese coach knew the weight of these three points, especially after a game in which Sassuolo had three clear chances to win, after drawing thanks to Serbian Filip Djuricic, an initial goal from Bryan Cristante.
Domenico Berardi and the Ivorian Jeremie Boga ran into a monumental Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio while the also Ivorian Junior Traoré crashed a right to the post.
Also Roma, in which the Spanish Borja Mayoral spent 90 minutes on the bench, shot the post with Lorenzo Pellegrini and, after forgiving two other opportunities, sealed the victory in 92 with a curved right hand from El Shaarawy, jumped onto the field. shortly before, which was worth 3-2 and the leadership shared with Milan and Naples. EFE (HN)