Rome (AFP)

Juventus, reduced to ten, relied, as often, on Cristiano Ronaldo to save a point in Rome (2-2) against a beautiful Roma, in a 2nd day of prolific Serie A thanks in particular to the Naples festival (6-0 on Genoa).

Led 2-1 and reduced to ten shortly after the hour mark after the exclusion of Rabiot, Juventus was in bad shape.

But the Portuguese used his legendary relaxation to seek above the Roman defense an unexpected equalizer (69th) which avoids a first defeat to the coach Andrea Pirlo.

The second goal of the evening for Ronaldo, and already his third in two days, proof that this new Juve, where Morata made a particularly discreet debut, still depends a lot on "CR7".

Even if Roma have finally launched their season after the initial cruel defeat on the green carpet, the Giallorossi, with a double scorer Jordan Veretout, will be able to harbor regrets as they had gained the ascendancy over the champion.

Edin Dzeko, back at the forefront of the Roman attack a few days after having to give up his hopes of a transfer to the Bianconeri, in particular wasted a nice break point shortly before the hour mark.

And it is Veretout, a man in the shadows whose role in the evening was above all to stop the launches of Juve, who this time shone with a penalty obtained and transformed (31st), after a hand from Rabiot, and a insane sprint to restore the advantage to the Romans just before the break, while Ronaldo had already equalized from a penalty in the meantime.

- 38 goals!

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Four more goals in a particularly prolific day: 38 goals scored in the first 9 matches.

A festival that owes a lot to the thunderous entries of Inter Milan (4-3 against Fiorentina) and Atalanta (4-2 in Torino) on Saturday but also to the promenade of Naples on Sunday against the fragile Genoa (6-0 ).

After having largely contributed to the initial victory of Napoli thanks to his tonic exit from the bench, the Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen brilliantly released his first tenure.

If he has not yet scored, he has largely contributed, through his activity and his races, to wearing down the defense of Genoa and freeing up spaces from which his partners have happily taken advantage, and in particular an untenable Mertens.

It was when they returned from the locker room, when Napoli led 1-0 on a goal from Lozano at the start of the match, that the Genoese defense exploded.

Zielinski, served by a magnificent heel from Osimhen (46th), opened a second ordeal period for Genoa, which would make the Neapolitan attackers happy except ... Osimhen.

- "A little misleading" -

"The result is a little misleading (...). In the first half, we suffered a little, we still have to improve," however minimized Gennaro Gattuso, who lost Lorenzo Insigne, released in the first half -time, hit in the left thigh, a week from the shock against Juventus.

Milan, already deprived of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, in isolation after his positive Covid-19 test, also recorded bad news with the injury of his striker Ante Rebic, suffering from the left arm after an impressive fall.

A priori a dislocation of the elbow without fracture, according to trainer Stefano Pioli.

This did not prevent the Rossoneri, who play a series of matches every three days because of Europa League play-offs, to ensure the essentials against the promoted Crotone (2-0).

With a penalty goal just before the break (obtained by Rebic, transformed by Kessie) and another just after, the first from the Spaniard Brahim Diaz.

With six points, Naples and Milan are now in the lead with Hellas Verona who, after their victory on the green carpet against AS Rome (3-0), this time won on their lawn against Udinese ( 1-0).

Results of the 2nd day:

Saturday

Torino - Atalanta Bergamo 2 - 4

Cagliari - Lazio Rome 0 - 2

Sampdoria Genoa - Benevento 2 - 3

Inter Milan - Fiorentina 4 - 3

Sunday

Spezia - Sassuolo 1 - 4

Hellas Verona - Udinese 1 - 0

Crotone - AC Milan 0 - 2

Naples - Genoa 6 - 0

AS Roma - Juventus Turin 2 - 2

Monday

(8:45 p.m.) Bologna - Parma

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