There were six goals in their Coppa Italia meeting midweek, but Roma took revenge with a 4-3 thriller in stoppages to beat Spezia.
It is never dull when these two teams cross paths and they outdid themselves at the Stadio Olimpico in their first Serie A encounter.
Borja Mayoral’s opener was cancelled out by Roberto Piccoli, but the game truly lit up in the second half.
There were six goals in their Coppa Italia meeting midweek, but Roma took revenge with a 4-3 thriller in stoppages to beat Spezia.
It is never dull when these two teams cross paths and they outdid themselves at the Stadio Olimpico in their first Serie A encounter.
Borja Mayoral’s opener was cancelled out by Roberto Piccoli, but the game truly lit up in the second half.
There were three goals in a six-minute spell, the Giallorossi going 3-1 up with another from Borja Mayoral and Rick Karsdorp, before Diego Farias kept Spezia in it.
Daniele Verde again scored against his hometown club for a 90th minute equaliser, pouncing on Chris Smalling’s defensive error.
It still wasn’t over and Lorenzo Pellegrini fired in the Bruno Peres lay-off for 4-3.