Daniel De Rossi He made his debut with a victory (2-1) in charge of his beloved Roma after relieving the dismissed player on Tuesday Jose Mourinho. It was a two-sided debut as in the first half the ‘giallorossi’ performed at a great level and went 2-0 ahead, but after the break they completely lost control against Verona and ended up struggling to finish the a three day absence in a row. win and the elimination of the cup against eternal rivals Lazio.
A victory, in other words, that allows Roma was temporarily placed in seventh place two points from the Champions League positions.
Shows thanks to Mou and De Rossi, with 4 defenses
The Olympic fans He gave applause, shouts and banners to José Mourinho to thank him for his two and a half seasons on the bench leading the team to win the Conference League in 2022 and lose the Europa League final against Sevilla in 2023.
The hand of De Rossi, a legendary Roma player who took over the reins of the team on Tuesday hours after Mourinho’s sacking, was noticeable from the opening whistle. by betting on the defense of four instead of the three central defenders characteristic of the Portuguese coach.
El Shaarawy serves the same purpose
The first half for Roma was very promising as they knew how to perfectly explore the gaps of Verona’s weak defense to score two goals, both with help from Stephan El Shaarawy.
The first, after a quarter of an hour, was the work of Romelu Lukaku, who scored at will and end three consecutive days of Serie A without scoring after a good move by El Shaarawy, who received from Lorenzo Pellegrini on a counterattack and cut a defender before giving way to the Belgian striker.
Six minutes later, in the 25th minute, Lukaku hit a ball into the middle, where El Shaarawy grabbed the left to Lorenzo Pellegrini, who beat Lorenzo Montipò with a phenomenal volley which slipped through at a short angle.
The central boy Dean Huijsen made it 3-0 when a defensive rebound fell to him and, alone, he missed his shot too far.
Second half of Verona
Roma were more dominant and played comfortably in the first half but after the break the game seemed too long. Verona reacted, stepping forward and seeing How Michael Folorunsho’s goal was disallowed for a foul on Rick Karsdorp on the jump (56′).
Dybala retired and Djuric missed a penalty
Paulo Dybala, who reappeared After some discomfort prevented him from playing the previous day’s match against Milan, he retired in the 58th minute and without him, Roma were left at the mercy of a Verona team that was gaining in confidence.
And that, in the 64th minute, Milan Djuric gets a penalty in the clouds after VAR alerted the referee that a header from the Bosnian striker hit Diego Llorente’s arm.
Rui Patricio ‘swallowed’ 2-1 and suffered
Verona kept believing, took decisive control of the match and scored along a long shot from Folorunsho beat a hapless Rui Patricio when he misses the ball in his path and it goes to his goal (75′).
Roma went from being happy in the first half to suffering at the end. Verona, second last and in the relegation zonebattled until the last second with the tireless Folorunsho leading the way in search of the golden point, but De Rossi took victory on his debut.
match lineup
1
2
37
16
3
14
7
52
90
twenty-one
92
1
38
32
25
23
27
77
90
Eleven
31
twenty
Olympics
Lorenzo Montipò1
Jackson Tchatchoua38
27′
Juan Cabal32
40′
Suat Serdar25
Giangiacomo Magnani23
56′
Pawel Dawidowicz27
51′
24′
Jordi Mboula77
Four. five’
Michael Folorunsho90
56′
75′
18′
Milan DjuricEleven
76′
56′
Tomas Suslov31
80′
Riccardo Saponaratwenty
76′
Replacements
Mattia Chiesa16
Simone Perilli3. 4
Bruno Amione2
27′
Nicolò Calabrese75
Charlies37
Thomas Henry9
76′
56′
Juan Manuel Cruz13
76′
Alphadjo Cisse80
Federico Bonazzoli99
Four. five’
80′
coach
Daniel De Rossi
Marco Baroni
Source: La Verdad
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