Roma makes Napoli winter champion

An unexpected reaction from Roma was worth a spectacular 2-2 win at the San Siro, a result that makes the Naples in the winter champion of Serie A with two days in advance. Milan played a very good game until the last 10 minutes, when they wasted a 2-0 lead and, now, they are seven points off the lead again. The first surprise of the night had been Mourinho’s eleven, who chose to bet on Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Dybala and Abraham at the same timesomething that had hardly been seen before this appointment.

The offensive romanista drawing suggested an open and entertaining match, but the teams avoided risks during the first hour, until the locals broke up the match. Rui Patrício neutralized a powerful shot from Brahim and, later, he could not avoid making it 1-0 before a header from Kalulu. The lead energized the Italian champions, who narrowly missed the second goal several times with Leao, Giroud and Theo. When Roma, inevitably, tried to turn to the attack in search of an equalizer, they conceded the goal that could have been the sentence.

Vranckx put together a counterattack with Leao, author of the assist that Pobega converted with a left-footed shot to make it 2-0. There was just over a quarter of an hour to go before the final whistle and Roma suddenly reappeared with one of their great weapons: set pieces. Ibáñez cut the gap by heading into the net from a Pellegrini corner in which it was the first, true auction on the door of the visitors.

The game there went crazy and the giallorosso team, in minute 94, he got the unexpected equalizer after a Matic header neutralized by Tatarusanu right in Abraham’s boots, who pushed the ball between sticks. The draw keeps the capitalists in sixth place but, above all, it is a great boost to their spirits at a difficult time, with only one victory in the last five rounds. Milan, for its part, once again moves away from Naples: It will be his turn to cheer on Juve in Friday’s great game between Turin and the Azzurri.