European roundup: Roma earn win at Inter, Lewandowski takes Barcelona top

01-Oct-2022 22:30:47 | The Guardian

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A second-half header by Chris Smalling helped Roma to seal a 2-1 victory at Inter in Serie A on Saturday. The England international headed home in the 75th minute after a brilliant free-kick by Lorenzo Pellegrini from about 45 yards.

Federico Dimarco opened the scoring for Inter in the 30th minute when Nicolò Barella met him with a pass in the middle of the box, with his low strike taking a deflection off Rui Patrício but still reaching the corner of his net. Edin Dzeko had scored in the 11th minute as Roma’s defence faltered but his goal was chalked off by VAR for offside.