A penalty goal from the Argentine Paulo Dybala With five minutes left in regulation time, it allowed Roma to confirm their qualification for the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, where the Jose Mourinho They face Lazio, after beating mediocre Cremonese, a Second Division team, 2-1 on Wednesday.
Difference in category did not prevent the Lombard team from repeating the surprise they did last year when they eliminated the ‘giallorossi’ from the cup tournament, after defeating Roma 1-2 in the quarterfinals.
A ghost, that of elimination, that flew in the Olympic stand for about forty minutes, after seeing how the Cremonese took the lead after 37 minutes of play on the scoreboard with a goal from Frank Tsadjout.
All the success that Roma had lacked minutes earlier, which first saw visiting goalkeeper Andreas Jungdal miraculously save a shot from Andrea Belotti and then the crossbar prevent Lorenzo Pellegrini from converting the rebound, was gained of the Cremonese attacker who came out. out of nowhere made it 0-1.
Tsadjout didn’t waste a seemingly innocent cross from Paolo Ghiglione to beat the local defenders and beat Serbian goalkeeper Mile Svilar, who could do little to stop the goal.
A setback for Roma who, not knowing how they found themselves on the ropes against an increasingly strong opponent, a delicate situation that forced Jose Mourinho to turn to his great star, the Argentine Paulo Dybala, whom he left from the bench.
The entry of Dybala at the beginning of the second half seemed to give a new impetus to the Roman team, which found a way to reach the goal thanks to the presence of the Argentine, but continued to lack success in front of the opposing goal.
Neither the Belgian Romelu Lukaku after a great assist from Paulo Dybala, nor Stephan El Shaarawy, who hit the ball on the post, was not able to beat the Cremonese goalkeeper, who could have laid down the game in the 62nd minute in a one-on-one between Massimo Coda and Mile Svilar in which the local goalkeeper won.
An error that the Cremonese will pay dearly for, after seeing how Lukaku leveled the contest on 77 minutes (1-1) in the 85th minute, they were left without reward for their excellent fight when Dybala converted the penalty made by Leonardo Sernicola in Leonardo Spinazzola.
A goal that allowed Roma to secure a long-suffering victory (2-1) that will allow Jose Mourinho’s men to meet their ‘eternal rivals’, Lazio, in the quarterfinals.
Data sheet:
2 – Rome: Sivlar; Celik (Kristensen, m.46), Cristante, Diego Llorente (Zalewski, m.46); Karsdorp (Spinazzola, m.74), Bove (Azmoun, m.67), Paredes, Pellegrini, El Shaarawy; Lukaku and Belotti (Dybala, m.46).
1 – Cremonese: Jungdal; Antov, Ravanelli, Tuia (Bianchetti, m.53); Ghiglione (Majer, m.46), Collocolo, Castagnetti (Abrego, m.61), Tsadjout (Quagliata, m.62), Sernicola; Zanimacchia and Okereke (Coda, m.62)
Goals: 0-1, m.37: Tsadjout. 1-1, m.77: Lukaku. 2-1, m.85: Dybala from the penalty
Referee: Luca Pairetto. He showed yellow cards to Diego Llorente, Celik and Karsdorp for Roma; and Castagnetti, Ghiglione, Antov, Ravanelli and Bianchetti for Cremonese.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the round of 16 of the Italian Cup, played at the Olympic stadium in Rome
Source: La Verdad
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