UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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AS Roma DLLWW 5
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Stadio Olimpico · 41,243 att.

Match Report

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Edin Dzeko's triple destroys Viktoria Plzen as Roma cruise to victory

AS Roma's Edin Dzeko was again the tormentor for Viktoria Plzen as he scored a hat trick in a 5-0 Champions League Group G win.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
11
8
Saves
1
34.7
Possession
65.3
7
SHOTS
22
1
ON GOAL
13
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
293
Accurate Passes
634
378
Passes
710
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
10
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
42
21
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
20
Interceptions
9
14
Effective Clearances
7
14
Clearances
7

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 20Federico FazioCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 42Steven N'ZonziLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 34Justin KluivertAM-L
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Nicolò ZanioloSUB
  2. 18Davide SantonSUB
  3. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  4. 3Luca PellegriniSUB
  5. 92Stephan El ShaarawySUB
  6. 15Iván MarcanoSUB
  7. 14Patrik SchickSUB

PLZ · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Matús KozácikG
  2. 4Roman HubníkCD-L
  3. 2Lukás HejdaCD-R
  4. 8David LimberskyLB
  5. 14Radim RezníkRB
  6. 7Tomás HoravaAM
  7. 17Patrik HrosovskýLM
  8. 6Roman ProchazkaRM
  9. 15Michael KrmencíkF
  10. 19Jan KovaríkAM-L
  11. 9Martin ZemanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Milan HavelSUB
  2. 90Ubong EkpaiSUB
  3. 37Jakub ReznicekSUB
  4. 18Tomás ChorýSUB
  5. 44Ludek PernicaSUB
  6. 16Ales HruskaSUB
  7. 26Daniel KolárSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Roma 1, Viktoria Plzen 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  2. 40' Goal! Roma 2, Viktoria Plzen 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder with a cross.
  3. 51' Lukas Hejda (Viktoria Plzen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Goal! Roma 3, Viktoria Plzen 0. Cengiz Ünder (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a through ball.
  5. 64' Substitution, Viktoria Plzen. Daniel Kolár replaces Tomas Horava.
  6. 71' Substitution, Viktoria Plzen. Ubong Ekpai replaces Martin Zeman.
  7. 73' Goal! Roma 4, Viktoria Plzen 0. Justin Kluivert (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 74' Substitution, Roma. Patrik Schick replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  9. 74' Substitution, Roma. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  10. 74' Substitution, Roma. Luca Pellegrini replaces Aleksandar Kolarov.
  11. 78' Substitution, Viktoria Plzen. Jakub Reznicek replaces Michal Krmencik.
  12. 88' Patrik Schick (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+2' Goal! Roma 5, Viktoria Plzen 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a corner.

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