Tammy Abraham equals almost century-old Roma record

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Tammy Abraham score when AS Roma win over Bodo/Glimt in UEFA Conference League. The goal was a record for Abraham.

Roma host Bodo/Glimt in the second leg of the Conference League quarter-finals. In the match at the Stadio Olimpico, Friday (15/4/2022) early in the morning, the Giallorossi won 4-0.

Thanks to this victory, Roma qualified for the Conference League semifinals with a 5-2 aggregate over the Norwegian representative. Jose Mourinho’s men will next face Leicester City in the semifinals.

Tammy Abraham contributed one goal in the match against Bodo/Glimt in the second leg. He opened Rome’s advantage when the game had only been running for five minutes.

It was Abraham’s 24th goal for Roma this season. Reported Football Italiathe English player equaled the record set by Rodolfo Volk in the 1929/1930 season as the sharpest striker in his debut season with Roma.

Of those 24 goals, Abraham scored 15 of them in the Italian League. He scored eight goals in the Conference League and one goal in the Coppa Italia.

Since 2000, only Francesco Totti and Edin Dzeko have scored at least 24 goals in a season for Roma.

Totti scored 32 goals in 2006/2007 and 25 goals in 2009/2010. While Dzeko collected 39 goals in 2016/2017 and 24 goals in 2017/2018.

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