Daniele De Rossi’s Roma make it three out of three and move closer to the Champions League zone. At the Olimpico the poker drops and the 4-0 puts the Giallorossi in fifth place, just one point behind fourth-placed Atalanta, energizing the entire city ahead of the match against league leaders Inter in five days. It was Cagliari who paid the price, immediately behind with Pellegrini’s goal, then followed by those from Dybala (double) and Huijsen between the first and second half for a match that was never really at risk except when Marcenaro made it 2-0 for the Giallorossi awards the penalty to Lapadula which was then removed with VAR. And if De Rossi insisted with the 4-3-3, also focusing on Angelino’s debut, Ranieri, applauded by his former fans, chose the 3-5-2 with the Petagna pair -Lapadula in attack. A move that did not yield the desired results, especially thanks to Roma who took the lead after a minute, returning to score from a corner. Pellegrini was the most reactive to collect a ball careened into the small area and beat Scuffet for the third consecutive goal in as many games since De Rossi was on the bench. The 1-0 stunned the Sardinians who forgot to press, leaving the field to Roma for the restarts with El Shaarawy and Dybala. Like the one that led to the Giallorossi’s second in the 23rd minute with Joya starting and finishing the action. Lapadula, however, had the only shouts of the first half with a shot saved by Rui Patricio and the penalty earned in the 43rd minute, but then canceled by the VAR which revealed a stomp from the Sardinian center forward on Llorente and not the other way around as Marcenaro had whistled. In the second half the plot did not change with Roma attacking the spaces left by Ranieri’s team who after 5 minutes conceded the penalty to Roma due to a clear hand by Petagna. Dybala appears again from the spot and makes no mistake, scoring the second goal of the evening, but the Giallorossi’s scoring doesn’t stop because there is also room for poker with the first goal from Huijsen, who came on shortly before for Llorente. The advantage, in fact, allows De Rossi to be able to change by also inserting aldanzi in the last minutes, the moments in which the Olimpico pays tribute to Ranieri, who was decidedly dark-faced due to the result of the match. At the final whistle, therefore, Roma rejoice, remaining in the wake of the Champions League and De Rossi’s treatment begins to show the first results. Signs of reconciliation also with the Olimpico who, before the match, remembered Giacomo Losi, who passed away yesterday at the age of 88. An emotional video on the big screens of the stadium accompanied by long applause and the banner in the Curva Sud. “Goodbye Giacomino, captain forever”, the dedication for “Core de Roma”.
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