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Home Serie A Ranieri will get first Serie A win as Roma boss

Ranieri will get first Serie A win as Roma boss

by Soccer-News

Roma thrashed Lecce 4-1 in Serie A on Saturday to offer Claudio Ranieri his first victory since being appointed coach in mid-November.

Ranieri, the well-travelled 73-year-old coach who led Leicester to a shock Premier League title in 2016, is Roma’s third coach of a troubled season.

Roma have drawn as soon as and misplaced twice since he got here out of retirement, however they made no mistake on the Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

The match was tight within the first half as Alexis Saelemaekers’ opening purpose was cancelled out by Nikola Krstovic from the penalty spot on 40 minutes.

The second half was a unique story as Roma romped dwelling due to targets from Gianluca Mancini, Niccolo Pisilli and French midfielder Manu Kone to face eleventh within the desk.

Samuel Mbangula curled in an outstanding equaliser two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a degree for Juventus in opposition to Bologna.

The two-2 draw left Juventus sixth, seven factors adrift of Serie A leaders Atalanta nevertheless it might have been worse as Bologna had gave the impression to be heading for victory on the Allianz Stadium.

Dan Ndoye put the guests forward with a deft end from a good angle after half an hour and Tommaso Pobega doubled their lead seven minutes into the second half.

Juve lastly acquired going when Teun Koopmeiners pulled again a purpose 10 minutes later however regardless of making use of intense strain it regarded as in the event that they have been heading for his or her first league defeat of the season.

With the clock ticking down, second-half substitute Mbangula picked up a go on the sting of the Bologna space and the Belgian worldwide positioned a shot past the attain of ‘keeper Lukasz Skorupski.

Within the day’s early sport, Genoa and Torino performed out a goalless attract a mid-table conflict.

Napoli can overtake Atalanta on the prime in the event that they beat Lazio on the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Sunday.

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