Roma ended Patrick Vieira’s unbeaten away file with a 3-1 victory over Genoa, together with Artem Dovbyk’s tap-in and a Stephan El Shaarawy roller on his three hundredth look.
The Giallorossi began 2025 successful the Derby della Capitale, however then wanted . Bryan Cristante was nonetheless out of motion. Genoa’s , lacking Milan Badelj, Vitinha, Junior Messias, Mario Balotelli, Caleb Ekuban, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ruslan Malinovskyi and Sincere Ahanor, whereas Fabio Miretti shook off a knock to start out.
Paulo Dybala got here so near an opener on 9 minutes, as his free kick from 25 yards out smacked in opposition to the crossbar past Nicola Leali, the eleventh time Roma have rattled the body of the aim this season.
They did discover the breakthrough when Koni De Winter missed the Alexis Saelemaekers cross whipped in from the precise and Lorenzo Pellegrini was denied by Nicola Leali, however the goalkeeper might do nothing to cease Artem Dovbyk tapping in from point-blank vary.
It went from unhealthy to worse for Genoa, who misplaced Mattia Bani to a muscular damage, however they equalised moments later when Patrizio Masini acquired in entrance of Lorenzo Pellegrini to volley in Miretti’s nook from 12 yards. It was an enormous means for the Genoa youth academy product to rejoice his first begin.
Leali smothered a Leandro Paredes free kick and Pellegrini went off with an damage at half-time.
There was controversy when Stefano Sabelli with arm in an unnatural place charged down the ball within the penalty space, however whereas protests raged on and VAR was checking, Dybala laid it off for Stephan El Shaarawy to bend the end first-time into the far backside nook from the sting of the realm. It was his three hundredth look for Roma and in opposition to his former membership too.
The third aim was chaotic, as Manu Koné pulled again from the by-line and Johan Vasquez intercepted the Dovbyk tap-in, but it surely ricocheted off Leali and was already into the web earlier than Dybala acquired the ultimate contact.
Andrea Pinamonti’s scuffed volley skimmed the far publish and Niccolò Pisilli fired huge after he was despatched by means of by the spectacular El Shaarawy, whereas Matias Soule’ curled simply over on a nook in stoppages.
Roma 3-1 Genoa
Dovbyk 25 (R), Masini 33 (G), El Shaarawy 60 (R), Leali og 73 (R)
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