Sassuolo Vs AS Roma, Even Though Only 10 Players But The Score Was Draw

Sassuolo's Hamed Traore celebrates with his teammates during the Italian League match against AS Roma at Mapei Stadium-Citta del Tricolore, Rome, Sunday 13 February. (Antara Photo)

JAKARTA - AS Roma had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo's 10 players when the two teams met in the 25th week of the Italian League at the Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, Sunday night local time.

Quoted from football-Italy, Monday, AS Roma managed to take the lead first through Tammy Abraham, then Chris Smalling and Hamed Traore replied by own goals, before being equalized again by Bryan Cristante.

As a result of this result, AS Roma remains in 7th place in the Italian League standings with 40 points from 25 matches, while Sassuolo is still stuck in 12th position with 30 points.

In the first half, Sassuolo took the initiative to attack first when Dominico Berardi unleashed a powerful shot that was only kept out by Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

Furthermore, Hamed Traore managed to tear the goal of Roma, but the goal was disallowed because the ball first touched the hand of the player from the Ivory Coast.

AS Roma had scored the first goal through defender Chris Smalling, but this was annulled by the referee because the English player made a foul first.

The goal that AS Roma had been waiting for finally arrived after Vlad Chriches did a handball in the Sassuolo penalty box, Tammy Abraham who came forward as the executioner successfully carried out his task of changing the score to 1-0 in the 45+1 minute which lasted until halftime.

In the second half, Sassuolo managed to equalize in the 47th minute when Chris Smalling scored an own goal after changing the direction of Hamed Traore's shot and making it 1-1.

Successfully equalizing, Sassuolo continued to press and threatened the Roma goal again after Davide Fratasi fired a shot that was aimed at but was saved by the Giallorossi defense.

Sassuolo took the lead in the 73rd minute when Hamed Traore, who was brilliant in this match, scored after receiving Berardi's pass to make it 2-1.

In the 78th minute, Sassuolo had to play with 10 men after Gian Marco Ferrari received a second yellow card for violating Tammy Abraham.

Playing against 10-man Sassuolo, AS Roma continued to look for an equalizer that came in the 90+4 minute when Bryan Cristante managed to meet Jordan Vertout's pass and make it 2-2 which lasted until the game was over.