Serie A round-up: Roma win first derby encounter with Frosinone
Saturday 12 September 2015 23:01, UK
Roma were 2-0 winners in the first-ever derby clash against bottom-side Frosinone at the Stadio Matusa.
Frosinone were caught out by a bizarre goal after 44 minutes when nobody managed to cut out a Lucas Digne throw-in, allowing former Spurs midfielder Iago Falque to bundle the ball over the line at the back post for his first goal for Roma.
Wojciech Szczesny preserved his side's lead with a save to deny Aleandro Rosi, while at the other end Alessandro Florenzi was unlucky to see his shot strike the crossbar with seven minutes of the match remaining.
Frosinone continued to push forward in search of the equalising goal but they were caught out in the third minute of injury time with a classic counter attack which ended with Juan Iturbe firing the ball high into the roof of the net.
Khouma Babacar scored the only goal as 10-man Fiorentina beat Genoa in an ill-tempered encounter.
Olivier Ntcham went close early on for Genoa but the best chances came the way of the hosts - and they were wasted.
Babacar twice blasted the ball off target from good positions and Borja Valero saw two efforts narrowly miss. But Fiorentina made the breakthrough after an hour when Babacar headed in Valero's corner.
However, Milan Badelj's second yellow card just three minutes later was the eighth of the game and his second and resulted in him being sent off, but the hosts held on for victory.
