Sassuolo fights back from 3-1 down to beat Bologna 4-3
Daniella Matar | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 1 month AGO
MILAN (AP) — High-flying Sassuolo scored three goals in 13 minutes to complete an extraordinary comeback from 3-1 down to win 4-3 at Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.
The victory saw Sassuolo move second in Serie A, two points below early leader AC Milan.
It was also the third successive match that Sassuolo had scored four goals. Sassuolo, Milan and Juventus are the only teams still unbeaten in Serie A.
In Bologna, Roberto Soriano gave the hosts an early lead but Domenico Berardi curled in an equalizer in the 18th minute.
However, Mattias Svanberg restored Bologna’s lead shortly before halftime and, when Riccardo Orsolini’s shot was deflected in on the hour, Sassuolo appeared to be heading for its first defeat.
But Francesco Caputo set up Filip Đuričić in the 64th and scored the equalizer himself six minutes later.
The comeback was complete in the 77th when Bologna defender Takehiro Tomiyasu tried to prevent a ball from going through to Caputo and accidentally sent it into the back of his own net.
FIRST GOALS
Udinese picked up its first points of the season — and scored its first goals — with a 3-2 win over a depleted Parma side.
Ignacio Pussetto scored the winner a minute from time with a fine strike into the bottom left corner.
Samir had scored Udinese’s first goal of the season in the 28th to cancel out Hernani’s opener.
Parma defender Simone Iacoponi turned into his own net early in the second half to gift Udinese the lead before Yann Karamoh volleyed in the equalizer in the 70th.
Parma had seven of its players ruled out by the coronavirus.
The result means Torino is the only Serie A side still without a point after it lost 3-2 at home to Cagliari.
Andrea Belotti scored twice for Torino and came agonizingly close to completing a hat trick and snatching a point for Torino at the death but Alessio Cragno did well to save his acrobatic effort.
OTHER MATCHES
Fiorentina gave up a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Spezia.
The visitors went 2-0 up within four minutes thanks to goals from German Pezzella and Cristiano Biraghi.
But Daniele Verde pulled one back shortly before halftime and Diego Farias netted the equalizer in the 75th.
Roma hosted Benevento later Sunday.
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