Soccer Football - Italy - Serie A - AS Roma v Fiorentina - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - August 22, 2021 AS Roma's Jordan Veretout scores their third goal REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
ROME (Reuters) -Jordan Veretout's double helped AS Roma to earn a 3-1 victory over his former club Fiorentina in their season opener on Sunday, as Jose Mourinho got off to a winning start back as a Serie A coach in a match where both teams finished with 10 men.
Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski was given a straight red card for a foul on Roma new boy Tammy Abraham in the 17th minute, much to the bewilderment of the visitors' coach Vincenzo Italiano.
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