the challenge
Roma overwhelms a Turin without goals and already on vacation, winning a place in the next edition of the Europa League regardless of the outcome of the Conference final on Wednesday in Tirana against the Dutch Feyenoord. Clear success and never in question for the Giallorossi (brilliant and in good shape) who managed without worries the first quarter of an hour of Turin’s push and then accelerated and closed the games already at the end of the first half. The first signs of the air pulling at 18 ‘: Berisha denies Kumbulla, with a shot of the kidney, a goal scored on an under-sized gore.
Intense match: at 20 ‘first Ibanez and then Ansaldi are booked for tough interventions. At 23 ‘Pobega avoids trouble by saving on Pellegrini ready to hit the net after an overwhelming descent by Zalewski. Good moment for Roma: Abraham’s high shot on 26 ‘, very mobile in attack. Toro is not watching: on 30 ‘Belotti, freed in the area by a brilliant Pobega-Brekalo combination, kicks just wide. The Roma pressure grows and in the 33rd minute it pays: Abraham frees himself in the area of the clumsy Zima, who slips on a feint, and cold Berisha with a precise plate.
The advantage galvanized the Giallorossi and confused Toro: in the 42nd minute Rodriguez made a mess by making a slow back pass for Berisha who, to anticipate Abraham, had to knock him out. The Englishman does not miss the penalty and doubles. Toro returns to the field in the second half determined to react: in the 50th minute Rui Patricio defuses an insidious diagonal from Pobega. The grenades leave space on the counterattack: in the 60 ‘Berisha saves on a poisonous conclusion from Veretout. With the passing of the minutes the thrust of Toro (who at 68 ‘inserts Pellegri in place of the highly acclaimed captain Belotti) fades and Roma rages: at 78’ Pellegrini transforms a penalty caused by a foul on Zaniolo. Race on ice and in the final Berisha prevents Roma (still dangerous with El Shaarawy and Zaniolo) from losing the poker. –
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