Roma, who suffered a nightmare start to the new season, started low and went high under the leadership of coach Jose Mourinho, and once hit the fourth place in the standings, so that fans saw the hope of returning to the Champions League, but the state of the Red Wolves in the last two rounds has fallen off a cliff, first at home and Purple Lily Fiorentina, and then lost to Bologna away, only 1 point in two rounds, so that the Roma team fell from heaven to hell in an instant, and the ranking fell directly out of the European zone, to the eighth place in the standings, the morale of the Red Wolves, in the 17th round of Serie A ushered in a hard battle, sitting at home against the defending champion Napoli of the leagueAfter the game started, the Roma team was very threatening, but it was unable to score for a long time, and after Napoli was sent off in the second half, Mourinho's god substitution changed the game, and finally with the goals of Pellegrini and Lukaku, Roma overturned Napoli 2-0 at home, giving the latter 2 consecutive defeats!
The 3-5-2 system was followed by a 3-5-2 home game against Jose Mourinho, with Patricio continuing to guard the net for the Red Wolves, Ndicka, Llorente and Roberto Mancini at the back, Zalewski, Bove, Paredes, Cristante and Andreas Christensen forming a midfield five, and Lukaku partnering Belotti in the front line.
Napoli played away in a 4-3-3 formation, with Meret starting as the team's last iron gate, Di Lorenzo, Rahmani, Juan and Rui forming a back four, Anguiza, Lobotka and Zielinski in midfield, the forward trident Osimhen in the middle, and Politano and Kvaratskhelia on either side.
After the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Napoli suppressed Roma away from home, more control the ball at their feet, but defensive counterattack is also the favorite style of the madman's game, although the Red Wolves are at a disadvantage on the field, but their offensive threat is even greater than the opponent, in the 20th minute, Lukaku took the ball in the penalty area, and gave it back to the follow-up Bove, whose long-range shot hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line, 1 minute later, Belotti crossed the bottom, Bovey got a close shot in front of the goal, but unfortunately he still did not grasp it, and was bravely defused by the Napoli goalkeeper。
In the 35th minute, Osimhen fell to the ground in pain after being hit in the face in the penalty area, but the referee signaled that there were no penalties, and there were not many chances between the two sides in the first half, and finally returned to the dressing room with a score of 0-0.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Cristante received a pass from his teammates and entered the Napoli penalty area, fell to the ground after confronting the defenders, although he complained to the referee for the first time, but the referee firmly signaled that there was no penalty, but in the 66th minute, the Roma team achieved a numerical advantage, Politano was unbalanced after being pulled on the jersey, and directly stepped on the opponent on the field, and was sent off by the referee with a red card.
Then Mourinho made substitution adjustments, Shaarawy, Azmoun, Pellegrini and Celik were replaced, this substitution also played a decisive role, in the 76th minute, Pellegrini, who had just come on the pitch, scored the only goal of the game in the penalty area, helping Roma take a 1-0 lead, at the last moment, Osimhen was also sent off, and Napoli, who was fighting with 9 men, completely lost hope of a comeback, and in stoppage time, Lukaku also fixed the score to 2-0!
After winning the strong dialogue at home, Roma's points came to 28 points, overtaking Atalanta and Napoli to rise to sixth place in the standings, only three points away from fourth-place Bologna, but if they want to get a Champions League place at the end of the season, Roma still need to get more wins in the next games!