Lukaku sent off as nine-man Roma draw with Fiorentina

Romelu Lukaku scored but was sent off in the closing minutes as Roma finished with nine men in a 1-1 draw at home to Fiorentina on Sunday in Serie A.

Paulo Dybala picked out Lukaku with a clever cross as the Belgium striker headed Roma in front in the fifth minute at the Stadio Olimpico.

Defender Lucas Martinez Quarta glanced in from Christian Kouame’s curling delivery to equalise for Fiorentina midway through the second half, just after Nicola Zalewski was dismissed for a second yellow card.

Roma were then left clinging on as Lukaku also saw red late on for a wild challenge on Kouame.

Jose Mourinho’s side reclaimed fourth place from Bologna, who had briefly moved into the Champions League spots with a 2-1 win at bottom club Salernitana.

Monza climbed into the top half of the table courtesy of a 1-0 victory over Genoa, while Frosinone and Torino played out a goalless draw.

Italian Serie A table after Sunday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

 

Inter Milan 15 12 2 1 37  7 38

Juventus    15 11 3 1 23  9 36

AC Milan    15  9 2 4 26 18 29

Roma        15  7 4 4 28 17 25

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Bologna     15  6 7 2 18 12 25

Napoli      15  7 3 5 26 18 24

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Fiorentina  15  7 3 5 24 18 24

Atalanta    15  7 2 6 24 18 23

Monza       15  5 6 4 16 14 21

Lazio       15  6 3 6 16 16 21

Torino      15  5 5 5 13 16 20

Frosinone   15  5 4 6 20 24 19

Lecce       14  3 7 4 16 19 16

Sassuolo    14  4 3 7 21 26 15

Genoa       15  4 3 8 15 20 15

Udinese     15  1 9 5 12 25 12

Empoli      14  3 2 9  9 26 11

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Verona      15  2 5 8 13 22 10

Cagliari    14  2 4 8 13 26 10

Salernitana 15  1 5 9 11 30  8

Note: Top four qualify for the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League group phase; fifth goes into Europa League group stage; sixth goes into Europa Conference League play-offs; Bottom three relegated to Serie B unless the teams in 17th and 18th finish on the same points, in which case a play-off will decide which team is relegated

AFP

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