Paulo Dybala celebrates
Bologna snatched a draw against AS Roma
with a late penalty in a thrilling 2-2 draw on a waterlogged pitch, while
Juventus beat rivals AC Milan 1-0 at home thanks to a second-half Paulo Dybala
strike in Serie A on Saturday.
There were three second-half penalties at
Bologna as Roma missed the chance to top the table in a contest heavily
affected by rain and the state of the playing surface.
Mattia Destro came back to haunt his former
club with an 87th minute equaliser from the penalty spot for the hosts after
substitute Vasilis Torosidis, duped by the run of the ball on the wet pitch,
brought down Emanuele Giaccherini.
The draw takes Roma up to second, level on
27 points with leaders Fiorentina and third-placed Inter Milan, who play Empoli
and Frosinone respectively on Sunday.
"There was little football to see
tonight, how could there be in these conditions?" Roma coach Rudi Garcia
told Mediaset Premium. "It was possible to stop the game and the referee
should not have gone ahead. It wasn't football, it was water polo with feet.
"The only positive from today is that
there weren't any injuries. I can't talk about football, it was a parody of football."
Bologna took the lead after 14 minutes when
Adam Masina fired past Wojciech Szczesny, but the visitors fought back through
two penalties.
Miralem Pjanic equalised in the 52nd
minute, squeezing the ball beneath Antonio Mirante, after Anthony Mounier
handled Alessandro Florenzi's cross, and Edin Dzeko gave Roma the lead 20
minutes later when Juan Iturbe was felled by Luca Rossettini.
Bologna, who have improved significantly
since Roberto Donadoni replaced Delio Rossi as manager in October, move up to
15th place on 13 points.
Juventus made it six straight Serie A
victories over Milan thanks to Paulo Dybala's fine effort after 65 minutes.
The forward scored his sixth of the season
when he controlled Alex Sandro's driven cross before slamming a powerful effort
past Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Milan's 16-year-old keeper had been the
game's outstanding player, saving a long-range shot from Claudio Marchisio and
a deflected Hernanes free kick in the first half, and blocking a Paul Pogba
effort from almost 40 metres on the hour.
Juve's third-straight league victory takes
them above their opponents into sixth place on 21 points, with Milan dropping
to seventh, one point behind.
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