Roma secures fifth place after Dybala's last-minute penalty against Spezia Calcio

Paul the Angel. This Sunday, in Rome, Paulo Dybala was once again transformed into a divine savior. Badly embarked on this meeting against Spezia Calcio, Roma has indeed relied on its Argentinian. In the dying minutes, the world champion took advantage of a foul in Amian’s area to convert his (precious) penalty and therefore allowed the Giallorossi to ensure a fifth place synonymous with the Europa League. But the evening started in the worst possible way for his band: after only six minutes of play, Nikolaou air-conditioned the Stadio Olimpico by opening the scoring. Just before the break, Zalewski managed to equalize and restart his team. But the Romans knew they were going to have to do more. Indeed, to ensure qualification in the Europa League, Roma had to win or hope for a misstep from Atalanta or Juventus.

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Bad luck, the Bergamasques delivered a demonstration at home against Monza (5-2). And at the same time, the Old Lady managed to win in pain in Udine with a goal from Chiesa. In the bays of the Roman Olympic stadium, the news spread. Roma therefore pushed, understanding that they could not be satisfied with this small point. With panache, it therefore snatches this success synonymous with the Europa League, in the same way as Atalanta. Despite a solid performance on the turf of Udinese, the Turinese will therefore be satisfied with the Europa League Conference.

Spezia and Hellas in play-offs to avoid Serie B

There are defeats that send to the play-offs, and that of Spezia Calcio in the capital is one of them. Indeed, the eaglets had their eyes on Milan this Sunday. Not to admire the brilliant tribute paid to Zlatan Ibrahimović who will leave Milan this summer, but to follow Hellas. Virtually in Serie B before the meeting, the Veronese absolutely should not lose at San Siro, while hoping for a poor performance from Spezia Calcio. Faced with a Milan which therefore had nothing left to play for, the Mastiffs did not compete by deciding to hunker down and proceed on the counter-attack. We had to wait for the Milanese opener signed Giroud to see Hellas show themselves to be more enterprising. Efforts rewarded, since Faraoni equalized. In confidence, the visitors dominated… But forgot to defend. And of course, Rafael Leão took pleasure in scoring a solo double and saluted the Swedish giant. Without being flamboyant, Milan is therefore essential 3-1 and sends Hellas in dams against Spezia. On Sunday, one of the two teams will fall in the second division.