Roma sweat ink but enter ‘Champions zone’

Sweating the ink and against a team that played with one less footballer for an hour, but José Mourinho’s Roma did not waste the opportunity and entered the ‘Champions zone’ thanks for his win Hellas Verona (1-3).

Hellas Verona

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Rome

Hellas Verona: Montipò; Dawidowicz, Günter, Ceccherini (Hien, d.46); Faraoni, Veloso (Magnani, m.68), Hongla (Sulemana, m.86), Depaoli; Tameze, Kallon (Lasagna, m.46); Henry (Djuric, d.78)

Rome: Rui Patricio; Mancini (Matic, d.66), Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Camara (Shomudorov, m.83), Cristante (El Sharaawy, m.46), Zalewski (Belotti, m.58); Pellegrini, Zaniolo (Volpato, m.58); Abraham.

The objectives: 1-0, m.27: Dawidowicz; 1-1, m.45: Zaniolo; 1-2, m.88: Volpato; 1-3, m.92: El Sharaawy.

Referee: JL Sacchi. He showed yellow card to Ceccherini (m.20), Hongla (m.71), Hien (m.81) of Hellas Verona; and Cristante (m.23), from Rome. He sent off Dawidowicz with a direct red card (m.36).

Incidents: The match corresponding to the twelfth round of Serie A was played at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi stadium in Verona.

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The team led by the Portuguese coach had a shot at fourth place and did not fail, although the truth is that he did terrible to take the three points from Marcantonio Bentegodi. He had to come back against a Verona team that locked up his goal after being sent off Davidowicz in the first half and he got it to a saviour Christian VolpatoAuthor of a goal and a help.

Criminal entry in Zaniolo

The great antagonist of the first act is Pawel Dawidowicz. The Polish defender Hellas Verona complicated life for Roma who deflected a long shot from pharaoh (27′). That was before he left the locker room early for a criminal tackle Zaniolo. The VAR caught the attention of the referee, who upon seeing the pictures did not hesitate to show him the direct red to the defender

However, not even with numerical superiority is Roma carburettor, stuck and lacking in creativity. It is the fight of Camera to recover a ball that led to a tie at the discount of the first action. He stole and gave to a rejected Tammy Abraham, with his shot crashing against the post. Fortunately, the squatting Zaniolo He followed the play closely and hit the rebound to set up the tie (45+2′).

The Italian should have left the field of play in the second half, with Roma stampeding again and again against the defense of Verona. All efforts seem futile, until Volduck he saved his team with a shot near the post from outside the box (88′).

The tension and the nervousness suddenly disappeared and The Shaarawy victory secured in extra time taking advantage of a choral play by ‘giallorossi’ (90+2′).