AS Roma took on Fiorentina in the Serie A opener with new head coach Jose Mourinho (football transfers) in charge. Elsewhere in the Italian league, Napoli defeated Venezia, even though they were one man down in the match. So, among other matches making up for Serie A football news, Napoli win over Venezia, Roma beat Fiorentina.
Serie A Football News – Napoli Win Over Venezia, Roma Beat Fiorentina
17 minutes into the game Dragowski was sent off for a mindless challenge, leaving the guests down to ten men.
Just 9 minutes later, in some good news for Roma, Henrikh Mkhitaryan fired an excellent shot inside the right post.
Zaniolo’s second yellow card turned into red and this evened the odds.
Subsequently, Milenkovic restored the parity in the score with 30 minutes still remaining.
Finally, Veretout’s double settled the final score claiming the first victory in The Special One’s era.
Meanwhile, Napoli played with only 10 men after Victor Osimhen received a straight read card for a supposed punch.
Nonetheless, they managed to stun the Serie A newcomers Venezia. Though Lorenzo Insigne first missed the penalty, he rehabilitated just 6 minutes after scoring from the spot.
Elif Elmas also added his name to the scoreboard in the 73rd minute, making it 2-0 for Luciano Spaletti’s men.
Napoli – Venezia 2:0
Goals: Insigne 62’(p.), Elmas 73’
Watch the match highlights here.
AS Roma – Fiorentina 2:1
Goals: Mkhitaryan 26’, Veretout 64’, 80’ – Milenkovic 60’
Watch the key moments of the match in this video here.
