Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 19, 2018
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Torino DWWLW 0
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Olimpico Grande Torino · 19,558 att. · ESPNEWS

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

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

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.

Serie A News

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