AS Roma striker Alessandro Florenzi was booked for running into the stands to hug his 82-year-old grandmother after scoring in their 2-0 win over Cagliari in Serie A on Sunday.
Napoli’s troubles continued when suffered their second consecutive 1-0 defeat in the league, this time at Udinese, and substitute Jasmin Kurtic scored Fiorentina’s first league goal of the season to give them a 1-0 win at Atalanta.
Inter Milan defender Nemanja Vidic, sent off on his Serie A debut, gave away a third minute goal at Palermo after a blunder but his side recovered for a 1-1 draw.
Florenzi set up Roma’s opening goal in the 10th minute when his low cross was turned in at the far post by Mattia Destro.
The hosts extended their lead three minutes later after Gervinho mis-hit his shot but Florenzi was on hand to fire in from the follow-up.
The 23-year-old celebrated by running to hug his grandmother, who Italian media said was making her first visit to the Stadio Olimpico, and was booked when he returned to the pitch, one of only two yellow cards in the match.
“I’ll happily pay any fine for Florenzi,” Roma coach Rudi Garcia told reporters. “The hug was the sort of image that we want to see.”
