Mission achieved for Gian Piero Gasperiniās Roma. The Giallorossi aspect brings house a optimistic consequence from the match on Panathinaikosā discipline and secures direct qualification to the Europa League playoffs.
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Regardless of main difficulties as a result of absences and Manciniās direct crimson card within the 14th minute of the primary half, the Giallorossi react and safe their second consecutive 1-1 draw after the one in opposition to Milan within the leagueāa consequence that permits Gaspās group to stay among the many high eight within the standings and fly on to the knockout part.
As we talked about, Romaās match was affected by Manciniās critical mistake: he fouled Pantovic and stopped a transparent goal-scoring alternative. The referee initially confirmed a yellow card however then modified his thoughts after the OFR and despatched off the Giallorossi participant within the 14th minute of the primary half.
With a person benefit, Panathinaikos capitalizes on one other Giallorossi error: Ghilardi presents the ball to Taborda, who gratefully scores the 1-0 by beating debutant Gollini.
Romaās response comes from Ziolkowski, who scores the 1-1 and presents the Giallorossi direct qualification to the Europa League spherical of 16.
Angelino is againĀ š
Angelino returns to the sphere for Roma, taking the place of Tsimikas.
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The Spanish full-back steps again onto the pitch for the primary time since December 11, when he performed 5 minutes in opposition to Rangers.
š„ FIRST purpose forĀ Ziolkowski, Roma equalize and NOW the spherical of 16
Ziolkowski breaks his duck, and Roma earn a draw regardless of being a person down. The Giallorossi discover the equalizer with the Polish defenderās first purpose.
On Pisilliās cross, Ziolkowski dives in and beats Lafont, making it 1-1: Roma returns to eighth place, reclaiming a spot within the spherical of 16.
š Debut for Della Rocca
Mattia Della Rocca makes his first-ever look for Romaās senior group.
The 2006-born attacking midfielder from the Primavera comes on for Pellegrini and wears quantity 75: that is his first official match with the Giallorossi after the pleasant in opposition to Milan in Perth below De Rossiās administration.
š± Ghilardi SHOCK Present and Taborda purpose: Roma TRAILING
Down to 10 males after Manciniās sending off, Roma falls behind within the second half.
Clumsy mistake by Ghilardi, who makes a nasty play and places Taborda again in play, clearly offside: the Argentine recovers the ball, cuts inside on his proper, and beats Gollini.
Roma drops out of the highest eight within the standings, overtaken by Bologna: in the intervening time, Gaspās group, penalized by purpose distinction, can be within the playoffs.
ā ļø Roma, what a RISK! Pana hit the crossbar withĀ Katris!
Roma dangers falling behind however is saved by the crossbar.
Within the thirty seventh minute, Panathinaikos tries with a curling right-footed shot from exterior the field by Katris, who hits the crossbar with Gollini overwhelmed.
š„ RED CARD for Mancini, Roma all the way down to 10 within the fifteenth minute
Within the thirteenth minute, Roma is lowered to 10 males. On Lafontās lengthy ball, Pantovic does effectively to make use of his physique in opposition to Mancini.
The Roma defender has to intervene and commits a foul, stopping the opposing striker: the referee first reveals a yellow card after which a crimson after the OFR.
Mancini is incredulous after the crimson card and, simply earlier than leaving the sphere, stopped on the bench to rewatch the incident on Gasperiniās employeesās iPad.
š„ Roma instantly DANGEROUS
Good begin from Roma, who look harmful from the opening minutes.
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The primary try comes from Tsimikas, with Lafont making the save. The previous Fiorentina goalkeeper then makes a mistake along with his ft and serves SoulƩ, however Pellegrini fails to capitalize.
From the ensuing nook, El Aynaoui tries his luck however his shot is blocked by the protection.
š Benitez VS Gasp 11 years later
The Europa League conflict between Panathinaikos and Roma is a reunion for coaches Benitez and Gasperini.
The final time was January 26, 2015, 11 years in the past, in a Serie A match between Napoli and Genoa.
š„ Massara: “CarrascoĀ ā Dybala? Exams tomorrow”
Earlier than the Panathinaikos-Roma match, Frederic Massara spoke to Sky Sport.
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“Carrasco is certainly off the desk. Sulemana? There are a lot of names circulating and weāll see, there are only a few hours left, if there will likely be alternatives that may assist all of the groups.”
“Dybala? It was extra prudent to not ship him on. Weāll do every little thing tomorrow. I need to say weāre not notably apprehensive.”
š¤ Twinning and banners: “Historical past unites us”
The match betweenĀ Panathinaikos and Roma is a chance to resume the twinning between the 2 units of followers.Ā Supporters of each groups posed along with the banner “Fratres aeterni”.
Contained in the stadium, the Panathinaikos curva displayed a banner devoted to their Romanisti pals:Ā “Past brotherhood, historical past unites us”.
In flip, the Giallorossi displayed the identical banner, with the writing in Greek.
š Minute of silence: the explanation
On the event of Panathinaikos-Roma, a minute of silence will likely be noticed earlier than kickoff in reminiscence of the PAOK Thessaloniki followers who misplaced their lives in a street accident in Romania whereas touring to Lyon to help their group away from house.
ā The OFFICIAL line-ups
PANATHINAIKOS (3-4-3): Lafont; Palmer-Brown, Ingason, Touba; Katris, Bakasetas, Siopis, Kyriakopoulos; Taborda, Pantovic, Zaroury. Coach: Benitez.
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ROMA (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Mancini, Ziolkowski, Ghilardi; Celik, Cristante, El Aynaoui, Tsimikas; Pisilli; SoulƩ, Pellegrini. Coach: Gasperini.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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