Lukaku should have got Roma off to the perfect start but his spot kick was saved by Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone.
The penalty had been awarded on video review after Federico Baschirotto was adjudged to have handled Paulo Dybala’s strike in the second minute. Lecce broke the deadlock in the 71st when Lameck Banda raced down the left and cut inside past Roma defender Gianluca Mancini. He managed to evade another tackle to get the ball to Pontus Almqvist, who swept it into the bottom left corner.
And the home crowd at the Stadio Olimpico went from despair to delight in less than three minutes as Lukaku then curled Dybala’s through ball into the top left corner.THE TINKERMAN
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