Udinese-Roma 0-1: goals and highlights of the Serie A match

First victory in the league for Roma, a great goal from Pedro decides at the beginning of the second half. Many chances throughout the game, especially for Dzeko and Lasagna in the first half, and in the second half again for Lasagna as well as Okaka. Third knockout over three days and still no goals in Serie A for Gotti’s Udinese

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UDINESE-ROME 0-1

55′ Pedro

UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso, Becao (86 ‘Coulibaly), De Maio, Samir; Ter Avest (63 ‘Molina), De Paul, Arslan (63’ Forestieri), Pereyra (86 ‘Nestorovski), Ouwejan; Lasagna, Okaka. All. Gotti

ROMA (3-4-2-1): Mirante; Mancini, Ibañez, Kumbulla; Santon, Pellegrini (83 ‘Cristante), Veretout, Spinazzola; Pedro (82 ‘Kluivert), Mkhitaryan (71’ Perez); Dzeko (90 ‘+ 4 Villas). All. Fonseca

Ammonites: Okaka (U)

First victory for Roma in the league. First victory of the Friedkin era. A new shot stamped it, with the first goal in the Giallorossi jersey. Pedro, already champion of everything in his career between Barcelona and Chelsea and now a jewel for Fonseca. Precious, and could not have been otherwise, is also his first goal, a magic necessary to unlock a 0-0 that resisted despite the many opportunities on both sides. Perfect right, goal post. Musso immobile. First the mistakes of Dzeko and Lasagna in the first half and the chances again for Lasagna, Okaka and Molina in the second half, in a game (and in a championship) still bewitched for Gotti’s team. In fact, Udinese remains the only team that has not yet scored a goal in this Serie A, and for the first time in its history it has been dry in the first three days.

The match

The Rome starts with the same eleven as the match against Juve: Pedro, Mkhitaryan and Dzeko in front. Santon check it on the right and Pellegrini in the middle with Veretout. In Udinese two debuts from 1 ‘: Ouwejan in band e Pereyra, who returns to Italy after four years as Premier. In front of Okaka with Lasagna. The first half was immediately full of opportunities. Roma play the game but Udinese is also insidious. At Okaka’s first shot, Spinazzola (very inspired) answers with a cross foiled by Pereyra in advance of Pellegrini. Then Lasagna shoots from outside (Mirante parade) while Dzeko devours himself only against Musso 1-0. An identical situation that will also occur with parts reversed with Lasagna (already dangerous twice more) stopped (also thanks to the great recovery of Ibañez) in one on one with Mirante. Interval.

In the second half the rhythms are always the same. Occasions and more occasions. Pedro kicks from the edge, but a deviation by Pellegrini (who touches the post displacing Musso) neutralizes him. It will be the former Barcelona and Chelsea to unlock in the 55th minute: big right from twenty meters, a kiss to the post and goal. Gotti, in full emergency in midfield, then chooses Molina and Forestieri for Ter Avest and Arslan, while Lasagna first, and Okaka plus Molina then have other chances to score in the area, but finding either Mirante’s gloves or missing the mirror. Carles Perez enters for Mkhitaryan. Then Cristante and Kluivert for Pellegrini and Pedro. Gotti tries the latest attacks by inserting another striker like Nestorovski (in addition to Coulibaly), but the final does not tell of any real goal opportunity. In Udine it is 1-0 Rome

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