Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 16, 2018
Genoa LDLLD 2
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AS Roma LLDDL 3
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GEN202
ROMA213
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Match Report

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AS Roma fight back to beat Genoa, give relief to boss Eusebio Di Francesco

Beleaguered AS Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco was handed a lifeline as his side twice fought back from behind to beat Genoa 3-2.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
9
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
7
44.9
Possession
55.1
15
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
287
Accurate Passes
375
386
Passes
466
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.3
79
Long Balls
69
32
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
16
17
Effective Clearances
20
17
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 44Kostas ManolasCD
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  4. 20Federico FazioCD-R
  5. 4Bryan CristanteCM-L
  6. 42Steven N'ZonziCM-R
  7. 11Aleksandar KolarovLM
  8. 24Alessandro FlorenziRM
  9. 22Nicolò ZanioloF
  10. 34Justin KluivertCF-L
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Iván MarcanoSUB
  2. 52Andrea MarcucciSUB
  3. 3Luca PellegriniSUB
  4. 2Rick KarsdorpSUB
  5. 27Javier PastoreSUB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiSUB
  7. 19Ante CoricSUB
  8. 18Davide SantonSUB
  9. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  10. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  11. 14Patrik SchickSUB
  12. 8Diego PerottiSUB

GEN · 3-1-4-2

  1. 97Andrei RaduG
  2. 17Cristian RomeroCD
  3. 87Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  4. 14Davide BiraschiCD-R
  5. 30SandroSW
  6. 24Daniel BessaCM-L
  7. 88Oscar HiljemarkCM-R
  8. 22Darko LazovicLM
  9. 8RômuloRM
  10. 11Christian KouaméCF-L
  11. 9Krzysztof PiatekCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Federico Marchetti
  2. 32Pedro Pereira
  3. 44Miguel Veloso
  4. 45Iuri Medeiros
  5. 40Stephane Omeonga
  6. 23Alessandro Russo
  7. 39Andrea Favilli
  8. 5Lisandro López
  9. 18Esteban Rolón
  10. 2Nicolás Spolli
  11. 19Goran Pandev
  12. 26Nicola Dal Monte

Timeline

  1. 14' Ervin Zukanovic (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Roma 0, Genoa 1. Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  3. 31' Goal! Roma 1, Genoa 1. Federico Fazio (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 33' Goal! Roma 1, Genoa 2. Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sandro with a headed pass following a corner.
  5. 45' Goal! Roma 2, Genoa 2. Justin Kluivert (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov following a fast break.
  6. 47' Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 49' VAR Decision: No Goal Roma 2-2 Genoa.
  8. 59' Goal! Roma 3, Genoa 2. Bryan Cristante (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Justin Kluivert with a headed pass.
  9. 60' Substitution, Genoa. Pedro Pereira replaces Ervin Zukanovic.
  10. 65' Substitution, Genoa. Esteban Rolón replaces Sandro.
  11. 68' Substitution, Genoa. Goran Pandev replaces Rômulo.
  12. 76' Substitution, Roma. Davide Santon replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  13. 80' Substitution, Roma. Patrik Schick replaces Justin Kluivert.
  14. 87' Patrik Schick (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Esteban Rolón (Genoa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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