Victory over Udinese moved Roma up to fourth, an impressive position when set against their lengthy injury list
Romelu Lukaku’s best goal yet for Internazionale. Cristiano Ronaldo bagging a 95th-minute winner to put Juventus back on top of the table. Six players sent off in an evening, and Carlo Ancelotti seeing red, too, after his Napoli team blew their second lead of the night against Atalanta. Serie A’s midweek round was certainly eventful.
We will get to all the stories mentioned above, but this also feels like a moment when we need to talk about Chris Smalling. He scored his first Serie A goal on Wednesday, the second of four in Roma’s romp past Udinese. The strike itself was nothing special – not even the best of the night by a centre-back playing for a club from Italy’s capital – but it was a moment to cherish for a player who has relaunched his career superbly in Italy over the past couple of months.
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Ciao sono Smalling @UEFAcom_it pic.twitter.com/DZ8HkEdzlk
LATE DRAMA AT THE SAN PAOLO!
⚽ Atalanta equalise through Iličić!
Napoli denied a penalty in the build-up, Ancelotti sent off in the aftermath! pic.twitter.com/EPb3xhDqjS
JUVE WIN IT FROM THE PENALTY SPOT IN STOPPAGE TIME!
⭐ Ronaldo wins a penalty, and converts the winner, just moments after having a goal ruled out offside by VAR
⬆ The Bianconeri jump above Inter into top spot once again pic.twitter.com/5AXF0EjJ0c
Brescia 1-2 Internazionale, Parma 0-1 Verona, Cagliari 3-2 Bologna, Juventus 2-1 Genoa, Lazio 4-0 Torino, Sampdoria 1-1 Lecce, Sassuolo 1-2 Fiorentina, Udinese 0-4 Roma, Napoli 2-2 Atalanta
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