2023-09-18 19:58:00
Rome: Italian Serie A football league season A.S. First win for Roma. Roma crushed Emboli 7-0 in the match held at their own stadium, the Olympic Stadium.
A brace from Paulo Dybala and one each from Renato Sanchez, Brian Cristante, Romelu Lukaku and Gianluca Mancini helped Roma. An own goal by Andre Grassi also reached Roma’s account. Roma have taken four points from four games and are in 12th place out of 18. Emboli is at the bottom following losing all four games.
The stunning victory was a temporary relief for Roma coach Jose Mourinho. Mourinho deployed the team in a 3-5-2 formation with Lukaku and Dybala at the front.
Emboli coach Pizarro Zanetti continued with a consistent 4-3-3 formation. A penalty came in favor of Roma in the first minute of the game. The penalty was for Sebastian Valukiwicz’s handball in the Emboli box. Dybala took the kick and easily beat goalkeeper Etrit Berisha. Renato doubled the lead in the eighth minute. Renato scored following heading Rasmus Christensen’s cross. Grassi scored an own goal in the 35th minute. The ball went into his own net as he tried to turn away a Roman advance.
Dybala scored his second goal in the 55th minute. Dybala sent the ball to the net through the left leg of Bryan Christian. In the 79th minute, Brian Christensen also found the back of the net. Andre Balotti sent the ball to the left corner of Cristian’s net. Lukaku also scored with eight minutes left in the game. Andre Balotti also assisted. It was Lukaku’s first goal since joining Roma on loan from Premier League club Chelsea. Mancini completed the tally in the 86th minute. Brian Cristante’s cross was headed home by Mancini with a close-range shot. Lukaku’s replacement Sardar Azmoun of Iran made his Serie A debut.
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