Destro goes from hero to villain as Roma hits four
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November 6, 2012, Tuesday
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AS Roma substitute Mattia Destro scored a goal and was sent off in 60 eventful seconds on Sunday in his erratic team's 4-1 win over Palermo in Italian Serie A.
Roma, which has the best goals total (26) and second worst defensive tally (20) in the league, led 2-0 at halftime through Francesco Totti and Pablo Osvaldo, a scoreline that was bound to test the frayed nerves of its supporters.
Zdenek Zeman's wildly unpredictable team, sixth in the table on 17 points, has twice squandered 2-0 leads and lost 2-3 at home this season but this time went on to add a third of its own through Erik Lamela in the 69th minute.
Destro came on in the 73rd. He was quickly booked, added the fourth goal six minutes later and was promptly sent off for taking his shirt off as he celebrated.
Josip Ilicic pulled one back for Palermo, which is second from bottom with eight points.
Elsewhere, a blunder by defender Salvatore Aronica allowed Torino to score a stoppage-time equalizer to draw 1-1 at third-placed Napoli after the host had led for 85 minutes through Edinson Cavani's early strike.
The Torino goal, converted by Gianluca Sansone, ended Napoli's 100 percent home record and prevented it taking full advantage of leaders Juventus's 1-3 home defeat by Inter Milan on Saturday.
Juventus leads the way with 28 points from 11 games followed by Inter on 27, Napoli on 23 and Fiorentina on 21.
Roma, which has the best goals total (26) and second worst defensive tally (20) in the league, led 2-0 at halftime through Francesco Totti and Pablo Osvaldo, a scoreline that was bound to test the frayed nerves of its supporters.
Zdenek Zeman's wildly unpredictable team, sixth in the table on 17 points, has twice squandered 2-0 leads and lost 2-3 at home this season but this time went on to add a third of its own through Erik Lamela in the 69th minute.
Destro came on in the 73rd. He was quickly booked, added the fourth goal six minutes later and was promptly sent off for taking his shirt off as he celebrated.
Josip Ilicic pulled one back for Palermo, which is second from bottom with eight points.
Elsewhere, a blunder by defender Salvatore Aronica allowed Torino to score a stoppage-time equalizer to draw 1-1 at third-placed Napoli after the host had led for 85 minutes through Edinson Cavani's early strike.
The Torino goal, converted by Gianluca Sansone, ended Napoli's 100 percent home record and prevented it taking full advantage of leaders Juventus's 1-3 home defeat by Inter Milan on Saturday.
Juventus leads the way with 28 points from 11 games followed by Inter on 27, Napoli on 23 and Fiorentina on 21.
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