The Rome of Jose Mourinho Qualifying for the Champions League is a little closer after achieving their third straight win in Serie A (3-0) against Udinese and consolidated third place with a three-point advantage over Milan, who on Saturday did not went past 1 -1 in Bologna .
Mourinho did not rely on Paulo Dybalawho withdrew on Thursday due to muscle fatigue in Feyenoord-Roma in the Europa League (1-0), and made six changes to Rotterdam’s starting lineup for the return next Thursday.
A solvent Roma clearly dominated the first half and their strong pressure never gave Udinese a chance. The goal Marco Silvestri responded with a headbutt from Gianluca Mancini (22′) and a whip of Georginio Wijnaldum (33′) before a penalty, indicated at VAR’s request by Roberto Pereyra’s hand after Andrea Belotti’s header, he opened the game.
Bryan Cristante, with his head bandaged after a run-in with Issac Success, he smashed a shot against the post but the rebound fell to the youngster Edoardo Bove, who brought the ball into the net (37′). Before the break Silvestre intervened again to take a tight shot from Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Pellegrini marked the second
At the beginning of the second part, himself Pellegrini added to the score after a great assist from Belotti left him alone against Silvestre (55′). Roma loved it and in a great collective act, Belotti himself made it 3-0.
Udinese tried to react and, although they risked conceding another goal by leaving more space in defence, they had a good chance to get into the game.
Pereyra missed a penalty after taking another
Mancini deflected a shot from Sandi Lovric with his arm but Rui Patricio stopped Pereyra’s penalty, the unfortunate star of the night by committing to the other area made it 1-0.
Although Udinese kept looking for the goal, Roma knew how to manage the advantage well and at discount Tammy Abrahamwho played the last quarter hour after retiring against Feyenoord, established 3-0 when going to a Leonardo Spinazzola center. A win that boosts hopes of a return to Europe.
ROME
30
Udinese
Rome: Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Diego Llorente; Çelik (Spinazzola, 75′), Cristante, Bove, El Shaarawy (Zalewski, 74′); Wijnaldum (Matic, 61′), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Tahirovic, 90′); Belotti (Abraham, 74′)
The
Udinese: Silvestri; Becão; Bijol, Nehuen Perez; Ehizibue (Ebosele, 71′), Samardzic (Nestorovski, 78′), Walace, Lovric (Pafundi, 78′), Udogie (Masina, 86′); Pereyra; Victory (Thauvin, 79′)
The
Goals: 1-0 Bove (37′), 2-0 Lorenzo Pellegrini (55′), 3-0 Abraham (91′)
Referee: Antonio Giua. Yellow cards to Pereyra (35′), Tagumpay (40′), Ehizibue (45′), Mancini (67′), Thauvin (90′)
Spectators: 61,015 at Olympic
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Source: La Verdad
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