(EFE) — With an insufficient draw against Torino (1-1) and his coach, the Portuguese Jose Mourinho, expelled, Roma closed the competition before the World Cup break outside the European positions in Serie A that this end week reached the fifteenth day.
The tension invaded the Roman team especially in the final stretch, hectic, when he saw that the match was slipping away. It could have been worse because a desperate shot from Serbian Nemanja Matic in the 94th minute prevented the defeat and gave a point to Mourinho’s team, who shortly before had seen the red card for addressing the referee.
The return of the Argentine Paulo Dybala, the best news for Rome and for the Argentine National Team, was the most positive part of the match. For his recovery and for what he contributed in the minutes on the field. After more than a month off, la Joya returned and caused the tie culminated by Matic. He caused a penalty that Andrea Belotti missed and the goal that gave the capital team the equalizer originated from his boots.
And it is that the clash was notably twisted for Roma at the beginning of the second half, when a corner from Wilfried Singo was used by the Polish Karol Linetty, who, with a header, beat Rui Patricio.
Croatian Ivan Juric’s team hadn’t done much, barely threatening the local goal. However, he was at an advantage. Mourinho pulled Dybala and Belotti, who jumped onto the field in the 70th minute. Everything changed.
Nicolo Zaniolo was able to equalize in the 78th minute, but his shot, low to the left post, forced Vanja Milinkovic Savic to make a great save.
Then came Mourinho’s expulsion, unhinged by the lack of success of his players and by the traffic that the match adopted and that led his team to defeat.
Dybala took responsibility. He was caught by Koffi Djidji in added time. The penalty was executed by Belotti, but the shot hit the right post of the Serbian goalkeeper. And when Torino rubbed their hands and Roma began to be resigned, the draw came.
Paulo Dybala took the ball outside the area and from the edge of the box he executed a great shot that hit the crossbar. The rebound went wide, but Matic appeared, who, according to him, fired and surprised Milinkovic Savic to save the Roman team.
— Datasheet:
1 – Roma: Rui Patricio; Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smailling, Roger Ibañez; Zeki Celik, Bryan Cristante (Benjaimo Tahirovic, m.69), Mady Camara (Nemanja Matic, m.54), Nicola Zalewski (Paulo Dybala, m.70); Cristian Volpato (Stephan El Shaarawy, m.46), Nicolo Zaniolo y Tammy Abraham (Andrea Belotti, m.70).
1 – Torino: Vanja Milinkovic Savic; David Zima, Alessandro Buengiorno (Ricardo Rodriguez, m .52); Valentino Lazarus, Samuel Ricci, Carol Linetty (Michel Adopo, 80), Mergim Vojvoda (Wilfried Singo, 30); Aleksey Miranchuk (Nemanja Radonjic, 79), Nikola Vlasic and Antonio Sanabria.
Goals: 0-1, m.55: Karol Linetty. 1-1, m.94 Nemanja Matic
Referee: Antonio Rapuano. He expelled Jose Mourinho, the local coach, and showed a yellow card to Mady Camara, Paulo Dybala and Benjamin Tahirovic, from Roma; and Blessandro Buengiorno and Valentino Lazaro, from Torino.
Incidences: match of the fifteenth round of Serie A played at the Olympic stadium in Rome.
