Roma achieved its biggest win under Mourinho

Roma have added just one point in the first three days and are surprisingly in the Serie A relegation zone, but today they survived it with a convincing performance against bottom club Empoli, who they humiliated 7-0, the their biggest win. Jose Mourinho as a coach

It was a good night for Rome. Mourinho managed to line up together for the first time Romelu Lukakuwho debuted since his arrival from Chelsea, and Paulo Dybala, recovered from his muscular discomfort. Both the Belgian and the Argentine, this one twice, scored.

Soon the game turned to Rome. Almost 37 seconds into the game a cross from the right of Rasmus Kristensen hit the innocent man’s arm Sebastian Walukiewiczwho made a mistake in measuring the bounce of the ball. Dybala He converted the maximum penalty and opened the scoring.

Renato Sanches, another newcomer who scores

Another newcomer playing his first game as a starter after overcoming an injury, Renato Sanchezstood up to Roma’s massive start and scored 2-0 after another cross from Christensen that the Portuguese, coming from behind, heads alone into the net (8′).

Roma continued to easily get into the Empoli area with quick and steady play. Leandro Paredes He was on the verge of scoring an impressive Olympic goal when he headed a corner at the far post that bounced off the woodwork.

Luck is not on the side of an Empoli team that adds its games through defeats. Bryan Cristante burst into place after making the wall with Lukaku and Bartosz Bereszynskiin his attempt to cut off his advance, the ball cleared his teammate’s body Alberto Grassi with an incredible own goal (35′).

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Dybala scored a great goal and was close to a hat trick

After a break, Rome returned to battle. Dybala demonstrated its excellent quality upon receipt Crystal and sat the two defenders with a beautiful cut alone with him Etrit Berisha before he was beaten low (55′).

Dybala He scored the hat trick with a free-kick that hit the crossbar and was substituted moments later.

Empoli only worried Rui Patricio with two shots in a row. First with a header from the newcomer Francesco Caputo who blocked the Portuguese goal by the post and later with a whiplash from outside the area Tommaso Baldanzo, which also just jumped the field, hitting the post.

Two assists from Belotti

Two scares Roma responded with three more goals. Andrea Bellotti He took advantage of the minutes Mourinho gave him in return Dybala for two assists. The first ball delay in Crystal so he can unleash an unstoppable howitzer from outside the area (79′).

three minutes later Bellotti led a counter and served 6-0 to Lukaku, which he scored at will. There is still time for the seventh goal, the task of the central defender Gianluca Mancini while going to a corner he combed Crystal (87′).

One of Mourinho’s biggest goals

The 7-0 was Mourinho’s biggest win in Rome and one of the biggest in his 1,109 official games as coach. In 2010, in charge of Real Madrid, he beat Levante 8-0.

ROME

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EMPOLI

Rome: Rui Patrício; Mancini, Ndicka, Llorente; Kristensen, Cristante, Paredes (Pagano, m.75), Spinazzola (El Shaarawy, m.83); Renato Sanches (Bove, m.46), Dybala (Belotti, m.64); Lukaku (Azmoun, m.83).
Empoli: Berisha; Bereszynski, Walukiewicz (Ismajli, d.46), Luperto, Pezzella; Maleh, Grassi, Fazzini (Bastoni, m.46); Cancellieri (Baldanzi, m.60), Caputo (Destro, m.60) and Cambiaghi (Shpendi, m.84).

Goals: 1-0, m.2: Dybala, penalty. 2-0, m.8: Renato Sanches. 3-0, m.35: Destro, own goal, 4-0, m.55: Dybala; 5-0, m.80: Cristante; 6-0, m.82: Lukaku; 7-0, m.86: Mancini.

Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi. He advised Dybala (m.38) and Sanches (m.39), on behalf of Roma; and Cancellieri (m.39) and Maleh (m.58), from Empoli.

Incidents: The match on the fourth day of the Italian Serie A was played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

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