Jose Mourinho returned to Serie A in style! Cheered by home fans in Stadio Olimpico, AS Roma beat Fiorentina in an entertaining match in the Italian capital.The Giallorossi didn’t exactly dominate, but they’ve done enough to beat off Fiorentina’s second-half surge that’s seen Serbian defender Nikola Milenkovic score to cancel out Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s opening goal. Tammy Abraham gets a standing ovation after two assists on his Serie A debut 👏The AS Roma fans are loving him already ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4QqVtyrDmR— 🇮🇹 Watch Serie A on BT Sport Football 🇮🇹 (@btsportfootball) August 22, 2021 Jordan Veretout scored twice to break the visitors down and make it a successful start for The Special One on his new mission back in Italian football.It was a nervous match that’s seen a red card on either side, with Viola’s goalkeeper sent off early on for a foul on Tammy Abraham when in a clear goalscoring chance.Tammy Abraham man of the match! On his debut gets the opposition goalkeeper sent off. Then two assist and a crossbar. Standing ovation for him. What a match!!!Perfect start. #RomaFiorentina @SkySport pic.twitter.com/OiKrohwM41— Angelo Mangiante (@angelomangiante) August 22, 2021 Tammy was replaced late on and was treated with a standing ovation by the home fans. Even though he didn’t score on his debut, he was involved in many good moves and helped his side significantly.Call it honeymoon period, but it certainly looks like Mourinho has picked his reinforcements wisely. Advantage Roma!SERIE A – ROUND 1SaturdayInter – Genoa 4-0 (2-0)/Skriniar 6, Calhanoglu 14, Vidal 74, Dzeko 87/Verona – Sassuolo 2-3 (0-1)/Zaccagni 71, 90 – Raspadori 32, Djuricic 51, Traore 77/SundayBologna – Salernitana 3-2 (0-0)/De Silvestri 59, Arnautovic 75, De Silvestri 77 – Bonazzoli 52, Coulibaly 70/Udinese – Juventus 2-2 (0-2)/Pereyra 51 pen, Deulofeu 83 – Dybala 3, Cuadrado 23/Napoli – Venezia 2-0 (0-0)/Insigne 62 pen, Elmas 73/Roma – Fiorentina 3-1 (1-0)/Mkhitaryan 26,Veretout 64, 79 – Milenkovic 60/Monday19:30 (2.05) Cagliari (3.45) Spezia (3.60)21:45 (3.80) Sampdoria (3.45) Milan (2.00)
