Rome, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The 17th round of the Italian Serie A ended on the 23rd, and Roma defeated Napoli 2-0 at home. Inter Milan beat Lecce 2-0 at home to make it four consecutive league wins.
Napoli, who had just suffered a heavy defeat at home in the Italian Cup, had a relatively low attacking efficiency in the away game against Roma on the same day, although they had the advantage of possession. Roma made a couple of dangerous chances to open the scoring, but were unable to find the back of the net in the first half.
Yibian fought again, and the atmosphere on the field was tense due to frequent fouls on both sides and constant complaints to the referee. In the 65th minute, the referee finally gave Politano a "straight red" to kick people on purpose, and the visiting team only had ten men left to continue to play. In the 76th minute, the "Red Wolves" finally broke the deadlock in a scuffle, and Pellegrini turned and volleyed in the box. In the 86th minute, Napoli's situation was "worse", Osimhen received a second yellow card for a foul and was also sent off. Napoli, who were left with only nine men on the pitch, continued to attack in the final moments of the game, but Roma counter-attacked and scored another goal in extra-time through Romelu Lukaku to give Roma a 2-0 victory.
Inter Milan hosted Lecce and although they controlled the tempo from the start, it was not until the end of the first half that they managed to tear apart the opposition defence, when Bisek headed home from a set-piece from Calhanoglu. In the 78th minute, Barella scored with a push to seal the win.
In other matches, Juventus beat Frosinone 2-1 away, Bologna beat Atalanta 1-0 at home, Torino drew 1-1 at home to Udinese and Verona beat ten-man Cagliari 2-0 at home. (ENDS).