MILAN.- The Argentinian Paulo Dybala and Stephan El Shaarawy they scored in the final stretch so that the Rome defeated on Sunday Udinese 3-1 in the Italian league, closing the gap with the top four in the table.
Florian Thauvin had tied for the Udinese at 57 minutes in response to the Gianluca Mancini in the first part.
The result left the Rome on the fifth step, three points behind the fourth Naplesand ten below the leader Inter prior to the Nerazzurri’s match against the Juventus on Sunday.
It was the first defeat of Udinese in almost two months, moving one point above the relegation spots.
The Rome has recovered from a poor start to the season and has won four of its six games in the A series, with a defeat against Inter and a tie against lazio in the capital derby.
The team of Jose Mourinho took the lead in the 20th when Dybala took a free kick and Mancini beat his marker to head in front of the goal.
Udinese He insisted at the beginning of the second half and achieved when the Argentine Martin Payero He served a cross from the left that Thauvin headed towards the far post.
Extremely for Roma:
The Rome They regained the lead nine minutes from time with a great team play that ended as a cue assist by Romelu Lukaku towards Dybala, who defined the base of the left post.
Lukaku also participated in the third goal of the Rome In the last minute. The Belgian attacker controlled a long ball before passing it to Eduardo Bove which at first intention gave way to El Shaarawy, who defined with a placed shot.
The Italian tournament continues to regain relevance on the continentafter some years in which he suffered a great media downturn.
FOUNTAIN: With information from AP