Roma had fumbled a lead in Bologna by conceding two targets within the house of 4 minutes, however Artem Dovbyk saved cool to transform a penalty with the final kick of the sport for 2-2.
The Giallorossi had been revitalised by , so Lorenzo Pellegrini began once more, with Bryan Cristante out of motion. The Rossoblu had been in nice type with 10 factors from 4 rounds till the 3-2 defeat to Verona when all the way down to 10 males, however with the fixture towards Inter postponed for the Supercoppa, this was . Tommaso Pobega was suspended, with Michel Aebischer, Oussama El Azzouzi and Nicolò Cambiaghi long-term absentees.
It was a really aggressive begin from the hosts, as Thijs Dallinga examined Mile Svilar with a robust strike on the close to submit, whereas Sam Beukema dived in to cease Artem Dovbyk getting the shot away after a management and activate the Leandro Paredes move.
On the ensuing Roma nook, Lukasz Skorupski had his gloves stung by the Paredes scorcher, then plucked a follow-up Dovbyk header out of the air.
Paulo Dybala fired over from a difficult angle, however Alexis Saelemaekers broke the impasse towards the facet the place he was on mortgage final season. Manu Koné despatched the Belgian down the suitable, the place he lower inside and bent a left-foot end from the sting of the field, bouncing simply in entrance of Skorupski to squirm into the far backside nook. He refused to have fun towards his previous membership, waving an apology to the gang.
It barely lasted three minutes, as Benjamin Dominguez robbed Saelemaekers to spark a counter-attack, Dan Ndoye spreading it for Jens Odgaard, who in flip discovered Dallinga unmarked to fireside in on the close to submit.
Roma crumbled, as a nook was flicked on and Pellegrini dragged down Odgaard for a penalty, which Lewis Ferguson transformed by sending Svilar the unsuitable manner.
The hosts saved pushing, as Riccardo Orsolini fired straight at Svilar, then the goalkeeper pushed an Odgaard scorcher over the bar.
Jhon Lucumi made a decisive block on the Tommaso Baldanzi pull-back from the by-line, however solely after the Roma participant had fouled Remo Freuler.
The drama was not over, as a result of deep into stoppages a nook was flicked on by Evan N’Dicka and struck Lucumi on the hand. The referee awarded a penalty following a VAR On-Discipline Overview and Dovbyk saved his cool to calmly sweep it dwelling with the final kick of the sport.
Bologna 2-2 Roma
Saelemaekers 58 (R), Dallinga 61 (B), Ferguson pen 65 (B), Dovbyk pen 98 (R)
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