Serie A | Lecce 0-1 Roma: Dovbyk in seventh heaven
Artem Dovbyk struck late on to provide Roma their seventh consecutive Serie A victory, sending Lecce into disaster with a fifth straight defeat.
Claudio Ranieri’s males shall be , however had been additionally lacking Zeki Celik, Devyne Rensch and Saud Abdulhamid too. Solely Filip Marchwinski remained on the remedy desk , who wore particular version ‘classic’ jerseys.
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The guests ought to’ve scored on 9 minutes when Wladimiro Falcone and Frederic Guilbert didn’t talk on a protracted ball, colliding with one another, however Angelino didn’t benefit from it by one way or the other turning the end huge of the completely empty web.
Thorir Helgason blasted simply huge from the sting of the realm after a Matias Soule giveaway and Soule’s roller was deflected after an Artem Dovbyk back-heel flick, then Wladimiro Falcone made a rare response save one-on-one with Manu Kone, who had robbed Ylber Ramadani contained in the penalty space.
Federico Gallo received down the left to sting Mile Svilar’s gloves, Angelino acrobatically getting the rebound clear earlier than anybody else might pounce. Mats Hummels additionally did simply sufficient to stop Nikola Krstovic turning within the Guilbert cross on the close to put up.
LECCE, ITALY – MARCH 29: Matias Soule of AS Roma battles for possession with Jesper Karlsson of Lecce in the course of the Serie A match between Lecce and AS Roma at Stadio By way of del Mare on March 29, 2025 in Lecce, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)
Jesper Karlsson actually ought to’ve performed higher on the counter-attack than his weak end straight at Svilar, whereas Lorenzo Pellegrini fired over from a promising place.
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Krstovic had an audacious lob from midfield that bounced simply huge of Svilar’s objective, however Dovbyk’s effort took a nick off Kialonda Gaspar, permitting Falcone to parry from shut vary with an outstretched leg.
On the ensuing nook, Dovbyk’s glancing header was turned in by Gianluca Mancini on the again put up, however he was flagged offside, confirmed after a really lengthy VAR evaluate.
Alexis Saelemaekers was booked for dissent and shall be suspended for the showdown with Juventus.
Roma lastly broke the impasse with 10 minutes left on the clock, as Dovbyk shrugged off Federico Baschirotto, minimize inside Gaspar and drilled the left-foot end by means of his legs into the close to backside nook from eight yards.
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Dovbyk additionally compelled a save out of Falcone on the Eldor Shomurodov lay-off moments later, pulling up with cramp, and Lameck Banda examined Svilar from the sting of the field.
Shomurodov ought to’ve made it 2-0 on 88 minutes, sweeping huge of the close to put up comparatively undisturbed from an Angelino help, then in stoppages his angled drive was stored out by Falcone’s outstretched leg.
Lecce 0-1 Roma
Dovbyk 80 (R)
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