Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, May 8, 2016
Chievo Verona WDWLD 0
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AS Roma DDWWW 3
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ROMA213
Stadio Olimpico · 55,508 att.

Match Report

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Radja Nainggolan stars as Roma ease to victory against Chievo Verona

Radja Nainggolan further enhanced his growing reputation as hot transfer property in Europe by firing Roma to victory over Chievo and into second.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
7
8
Saves
4
35.4
Possession
64.6
11
SHOTS
23
4
ON GOAL
11
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
320
Accurate Passes
661
403
Passes
736
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
40
33
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
4
19
Clearances
7

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 8Diego PerottiF
  10. 22Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 13MaiconSUB
  2. 23Norbert GyömbérSUB
  3. 35Vasilis TorosidisSUB
  4. 26Morgan De SanctisSUB
  5. 5Leandro CastánSUB
  6. 9Edin DzekoSUB
  7. 33EmersonSUB
  8. 87Ervin ZukanovicSUB
  9. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  10. 6Kevin StrootmanSUB
  11. 97Umar SadiqSUB
  12. 14Iago FalqueSUB

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Albano BizzarriG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 5Alessandro GamberiniCD-R
  4. 18Massimo GobbiLB
  5. 29Fabrizio CacciatoreRB
  6. 83Antonio Floro FloresM
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM
  8. 19Lucas CastroAM
  9. 56Perparim HetemajLM
  10. 4Nicola RigoniRM
  11. 31Sergio PellissierCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 90Andrea Seculin
  2. 36Filippo Costa
  3. 45Roberto Inglese
  4. 40M'Poku Paul-José
  5. 20Gennaro Sardo
  6. 2Nicolás Spolli
  7. 6Giampiero Pinzi
  8. 32Walter Bressan
  9. 69Riccardo Meggiorini
  10. 10Nikola Ninkovic

Timeline

  1. 12' Ivan Radovanovic (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! Roma 1, Chievo 0. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 27' Substitution, Chievo. Paul-José M'Poku replaces Massimo Gobbi because of an injury.
  4. 32' Substitution, Chievo. Giampiero Pinzi replaces Ivan Radovanovic because of an injury.
  5. 39' Goal! Roma 2, Chievo 0. Antonio Rüdiger (Roma) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Gennaro Sardo replaces Lucas Castro because of an injury.
  7. 59' Substitution, Roma. Francesco Totti replaces Mohamed Salah.
  8. 66' Substitution, Roma. Kevin Strootman replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  9. 78' Diego Perotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 79' Substitution, Roma. Emerson replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  11. 80' Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 85' Goal! Roma 3, Chievo 0. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Totti with a through ball.
  13. 90' Paul-José M'Poku (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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