Smalling eased Roma’s penalty for Wijnaldum

Concerned about the recent serious injury of WijnaldumRome needed joy to relieve her depressed state of mind and she sang it against Cremonese with a goal from a Smalling corner in the second half. José Mourinho’s team used patience and verticality to avoid sticky pressure in the opposite half of a superb Cremonese job to climb to 6 points before measuring in Juve the next day. That yes, the concerns in the infirmary are more for the ‘giallarossi’, because Zaniolosuffering from a shoulder injury after a bad fall, retired with an injury at the end of the first half.

The overwhelming dominance that Roma can assume will not be the same against the recently promoted Cremonese, who are very well positioned and treat the ball well when they have it. the men from Jose Mourinho, Often resorting to long plays, they choose not to elaborate. It seems the perfect resource to stop the pressure in the opposite field of a Lombard team that will not back down. The balls are looking behind the team Massimiliano Alvini with movements like the diagonals of Spinazzolla or Zaniolo is often. They didn’t always find a good receiver, but they created enough chances for Roma to win the victory.

The Ghanaian, accused of assaulting Wijnaldum

Mourinho came out in defense of Afena-Gyan

Georginio Wijnaldum He was seriously injured on Sunday in training by breaking the tibia of his right leg. With the passage of time, rumors have been flooding the social networks, with the news spreading that the Ghanaian center forward Felix Afena-gyan He was the one who injured ‘Gini’ after the intense clash during the session.

Faced with ongoing accusations against the Ghanaian, ‘Mou’ decided to come out in defense of the African striker through his Instagram account. “Unfortunately, in a bad accident (Wijnaldum) had a serious injury that will prevent him from playing for a long time. But not only football is annoying sometimespeople can also… Those who started rumors that a leading boy like Felix could be responsible for what happened are truly despicable,” snapped the Portuguese.

“In just 2 weeks, ‘Gini’ became one of us for his human qualities (his soccer qualities we already know). We will all be together tonight: we played for Roma, for Wijnaldum and for Felix”, added the Roma coach.

‘gianlarossi’ scored in the 9th minute after a defender blocked a shot from Abraham In the middle of Dybala. A few minutes later, the most relevant news came from the bands again after Zaniolo and Dybala finished twice in the center of Spinazzolla stopped at the same time as Radu. Everyone was ready for a goal from Roma and at the Olímpico they became more optimistic, but the Roma fans were scared and agitated at the end of the first half.

First, desiresalmost became an outrageous reality by approaching one’s goal Chilean his and shortly after Zaniolo, suffering from shoulder pain after a bad fall, left the green with an injury, passed to The Shaarawy. seriously injured Ebrima Darboe Y Georginio Wijnaldum, serious physical problems are comforting the citizens of the capital to suffer more. Zaniolo’s farewell did not disrupt Roma’s plans, quick in transitions and close to 1-0, especially with a poor low shot by Dybala in favor of everyone that ended up being cradled by Radu in his hands.

dessert, Eager to appear on a stage like the Rome Olympics with an obsession with goalkeeping, he silenced the Roman Coliseum with a powerful shot over the crossbar at the start of the second half. Later, he will try another Chilean. The meeting was held at the same dynamic that Roma definitely attack Radu’s goal with a lot of verticality. The shot on the crossbar of an active El Shaarawy and the shot went wide with the rejection of Dybala was the introduction to Smalling’s goal. Where the Roman team did not come in a hurry, it was done from the break in a corner drawn with an incomprehensible. strategy game.

The corner kick went to the far post and there the English defender came out unmarked, freed from the mark thanks to a block by the defender who had to cover him with Mancini, allowing Smalling to connect with a quiet header. Heartfelt celebration, uplifting Wijnaldum’s shirt high to comfort the midfielder after his broken tibia.

In one of his own changes, the Portuguese retired Dybala to bolster the midfield with matic and prepare the team to defend the result. The Cremonese came close to equalizing on more than one occasion, especially with a shot from beyond the edge of pickles, but Roma defended the place well at the end and, despite the injuries, confidently come into the long-awaited clash against Juventus the next day.

Data sheets

Rome 1-0 Cremonese

1.- Rome: R. Patrick; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp (Celik, m.86), Pellegrini, Cristante, Spinazzola (Zalewski, m.72); Dybala (Mtic, m.72), Zaniolo (El Sharaawy, m.44); Abraham.

0.- Cremonese: Radu; Chiriches, Aiwu (Bianchetti, m.56), Lochoshvili (Ciofani, m.85); Ghiglione (Baez, m.56), Pickel, Ascacíbar, Valeri; Zanimacchia, Dessers and Okereke (Tsadjout, d.79)

The objectives: 1-0, m.65: Smalling.

Referee: L. Massimi. He showed yellow cards to Aiwu (m.24), Zanimacchia (m.50) and Lochosvili (m.80) of Cremonese.

Incidents: match equivalent to the second day of Serie A played at the Stadio Olimpico in front of nearly 60,000 spectators.