Rome, 1-1 in friendly against Olympiacos: in the first of Soulé, Dobvyk and Dahl a penalty by Pellegrini is not enough

On the day of the debut of Soulé, Dovbyk and Dahlthe Roma does not go beyond 1-1 in Rieti with Olympiacos in the last friendly before leaving for England. De Rossi initially proposed the 4-3-3, starting immediately as a starter on the right Soulé together with the latest veterans from the European Championships (Celik Mancini Cristante Pellegrini) and Abrahamdeployed at the centre of the attack

Two penalties decide

The Englishman himself, who was on the verge of leaving for Milan, won the penalty after 17 minutes that allowed Pellegrini to break the deadlock. The lead, however, lasted only a few minutes: the Greeks reacted well and, thanks to a defensive blunder by Celik, who brought down Velde, they equalized, again from 11 meters, with Rodinei.

In the second half, debuts for Dobvyk and Dahl

In the second half De Rossi changed the formation, switching to 4-2-3-1, and the players by inserting Smalling, Bove, Sangaré, El Shaarawy, Dybala and above all Dobvyk. And it was the Ukrainian striker who became dangerous in the 54th minute, deflecting a shot from Dybala. In the 72nd minute, the Giallorossi came close to making it 2-1 again on the counterattack with El Shaarawy, whose curling shot ended just wide. The best chance to take home the victory fell to Olympiacos 2 minutes later with a header from Velde that Svilar providentially deflected onto the crossbar. In the final minutes (81st minute), Dahl was seen on the pitch for the first time, taking Angelino’s place on the left.

ROME-OLYMPIACOS 1-1 (1-1)
Roma: Svilar; Celik (45′ Sangaré), Mancini (45′ Smalling), Ndicka (69′ Kumbulla), Angelino (81′ Dahl); Cristante (45′ Bove), Le Fee (81′ Graziani), Pellegrini (45′ Dybala); Soulé (69′ Pisilli), Abraham (45′ Dovbyk), Zalewski (45′ El Shaarawy). A disp.: Ryan, Marin, Joao Costa, Darboe, Nardin, Solbakken. All.: De Rossi.
Olympiakos: Tzolakis, Ortega, Biancone, Pirola (76′ Retsos), Velde, Pep Biel, Chiquinho, Rodinei, Bakoulas (88′ Mouzakitis), Andreas Ntoi, Kostoulas. Available: Yaremchuk, Batalha, Masouras, Joao Pedro, Nelson, Papakanellos, Apostolopoulos, Koutsidis, Anagnostopouloos, Paschalakis. All.: Mendilibar.
Referee: Ermanno Feliciani.
Rarely: 17′ rig. Pellegrini (R), 22′ rig. Rodinei (O).
Ammonites: The Fairy, Biancone, Pep Biel, Sangaré.
Recovery: 1′ pt, 2′ st.