Roma, Inter sail ahead

Sep 23, 2013 |

Roma remained perfect in Serie A with a 2-0 win over rivals Lazio in the Rome derby on Sunday, with fullback Federico Balzaretti scoring the decisive goal and the Giallorossi’s 36-year-old captain Francesco Totti again proving decisive.

Two days after extending his contract for two more seasons, Totti provided the cross in the 63rd minute when Balzaretti volleyed in for his first goal in Serie A since April 2011, when he played for Palermo.
Seconds before his goal, Balzaretti hit the post.
Lazio’s best chance at the Stadio Olimpico came when the ball bounced just wide off Miroslav Klose’s thigh in the 55th. Lazio were reduced to 10 men when Andre Dias was sent off for a last-man foul on Totti in the 82nd.
New signing Adem Ljajic earned and converted a penalty for Roma in added time.
Roma moved two points ahead of Juventus, Inter Milan and Fiorentina.
In the lunchtime fixture, Diego Milito scored twice on his return from injury and Inter thrashed promoted Sassuolo 7-0. Also, Juventus came from a goal down in Turin to edge visiting Hellas Verona 2-1 with goals from Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente; and Mati Fernandez and Giuseppe Rossi scored as Fiorentina won 2-0 at Atalanta.
In Turin, Fabrizio Cacciatore gave Verona the lead in the 36th. Tevez equalised with an angled shot in the 40th for his third goal in three league matches and Llorente, who was growing unhappy after playing only one minute previously this season, scored the winner with a glancing header in first-half added time following a cross from Arturo Vidal.

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