Freshly inducted onto the AS Roma bench in place of José Mourinho at the start of the week, Daniele De Rossi celebrated his first on the Giallorossi bench with a victory against Hellas Verona, this Saturday as part of the 21st day of Serie A. In front of their audience, Romelu Lukaku’s partners only needed 19 minutes to take control of the match. At the conclusion of a lightning counter-attack initiated by Stephan El Shaaraway, the Belgian striker came to crucify Lorenzo Montipo to score his 9th league goal of the season (1-0, 19th).
Serie A live ranking
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25 |
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21 |
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12 |
19 |
29 |
Less than six minutes later, the Italian international offered himself a second assist in this game after orbiting Lorenzo Pellegrini for the second goal of the evening (2-0, 25th). Michael Folorunsho’s reduction in the gap in the second period after a missed penalty from Milan Djuric (64th) will ultimately be anecdotal (2-1, 76th). Thus, the Romans returned to success after an elimination in the Italian Cup against neighbor Lazio and a slap in the face in Lombardy against AC Milan. In the ranking, Rome temporarily climbs one place (8th) while Verona remains relegated (18th). The only black spot on the board, the exit due to injury of Leonardo Spinazzola in the 28th minute of play…
