Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 19, 2018
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Match Report

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Edin Dzeko's late stunner lifts Roma to opening win at Torino

Edin Dzeko scored a late stunning goal to snatch a 1-0 win for Roma at Torino in their opening Serie A game on Sunday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
4
57.6
Possession
42.4
17
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
237
447
Passes
324
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
72
30
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
13
28
Effective Clearances
12
28
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-2

Lineups

TOR · 3-5-2

  1. 39Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 33Nicolas NkoulouCD
  3. 24Emiliano MorettiCD-L
  4. 5Armando IzzoCD-R
  5. 23Souahilo MeïtéCM-L
  6. 8Daniele BaselliCM-R
  7. 88Tomás RincónAM
  8. 21Álex BerenguerLM
  9. 29Lorenzo De SilvestriRM
  10. 9Andrea BelottiCF-L
  11. 14Iago FalqueCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 34Ola AinaSUB
  2. 7Sasa LukicSUB
  3. 1Salvador IchazoSUB
  4. 30Koffi DjidjiSUB
  5. 6Roberto SorianoSUB
  6. 91Simone ZazaSUB
  7. 25Antonio RosatiSUB
  8. 36BremerSUB
  9. 27Vittorio PariginiSUB
  10. 10Adem LjajicSUB
  11. 19Vitalie DamascanSUB
  12. 99Erick FerigraSUB

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 27Javier PastoreRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Juan JesusSUB
  2. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  3. 15Iván MarcanoSUB
  4. 22Nicolò ZanioloSUB
  5. 4Bryan CristanteSUB
  6. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  7. 19Ante CoricSUB
  8. 2Rick KarsdorpSUB
  9. 18Davide SantonSUB
  10. 34Justin KluivertSUB
  11. 14Patrik SchickSUB
  12. 7Lorenzo PellegriniSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Substitution, Torino. Ola Aina replaces Lorenzo De Silvestri because of an injury.
  2. 30' Federico Fazio (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 49' Iago Falqué (Torino) VAR - Goal Awarded at 49'
  4. 57' Iago Falque (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  6. 70' Substitution, Roma. Justin Kluivert replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  7. 76' Substitution, Roma. Patrik Schick replaces Javier Pastore.
  8. 79' Substitution, Torino. Bremer replaces Armando Izzo because of an injury.
  9. 84' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 86' Substitution, Torino. Roberto Soriano replaces Tomás Rincón.
  11. 89' Goal! Torino 0, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert with a cross.
  12. 90'+1' Edin Dzeko (Roma) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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