Italian Serie A

FT Monday, April 24, 2017
AS Roma WWWWD 4
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Pescara LLDDL 1
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ROMA224
PES011
Stadio Adriatico · 15,368 att.

Match Report

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Roma keep pace with Juventus, officially relegate Pescara

Roma thrashed rock-bottom Pescara 4-1 to move back to within eight points of Serie A leaders Juventus on Monday and officially relegate the Dolphins.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
9
3
Saves
2
57.3
Possession
42.7
23
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
516
Accurate Passes
351
582
Passes
428
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
53
31
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
7
14
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
18
12
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

PES · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vincenzo FiorilloG
  2. 35Andrea CodaCD-L
  3. 83Cesare BovoCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 11Francesco ZampanoRB
  6. 13Sulley MuntariCM
  7. 8Ledian MemushajLM
  8. 33Mamadou CoulibalyRM
  9. 15Jean-Christophe BahebeckF
  10. 17Gianluca CaprariLF
  11. 10Ahmad BenaliRF

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 33EmersonLB
  5. 2Antonio RüdigerRB
  6. 5Leandro ParedesCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 6Kevin StrootmanRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 37' Cristiano Biraghi (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Sulley Muntari (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Goal! Pescara 0, Roma 1. Kevin Strootman (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
  4. 45' Goal! Pescara 0, Roma 2. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  5. 45' Substitution, Pescara. Alessandro Bruno replaces Sulley Muntari.
  6. 48' Goal! Pescara 0, Roma 3. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
  7. 60' Goal! Pescara 0, Roma 4. Mohamed Salah (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy following a fast break.
  8. 67' Substitution, Pescara. Valerio Verre replaces Mamadou Coulibaly.
  9. 71' Substitution, Roma. Clément Grenier replaces Edin Dzeko.
  10. 80' Substitution, Pescara. Michele Fornasier replaces Andrea Coda.
  11. 80' Substitution, Roma. Juan Jesus replaces Emerson.
  12. 82' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Leandro Paredes.
  13. 83' Goal! Pescara 1, Roma 4. Ahmed Benali (Pescara) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ledian Memushaj with a cross.

Serie A News

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