Three victories with a draw in Turin in the middle against Juventus, appearance of Dybala also a scorer after a start in which he was seen above all in assists, a team always very cohesive in defense that had only conceded a goal from a direct free kick ( Vlahović). Fans and officials didn’t have exactly the same goals set at the start of the Roma season, with the former having the biggest dream ever of challenging for the title and the latter knowing pragmatically that a top-four place already It would be a big step, but the results were noticeable and the team from the capital was breathing health despite all the loss due to injury (Wijnaldum and Zaniolo first, Tammy Abraham, Karsdorp and Zalewski later). Then, and just a week later, everything changed.
The Rome, of José Mourinho, suffers a hard goleada
On the trip to Udine, everything that could go wrong went wrong. He started with a colossal error from Karsdorp right on the opener, he had a missed penalty in the middle and two chances that didn’t materialize. ended with a real shipwreck until defeat was mixed with Rui Patrício’s guilt. A few days later, things did not go much better with Ludogorets: after a start that was always dominant with scoring chances and balls hitting the post, the Bulgarian team opened the scoring, Shomurodov equalized four minutes from time, the locals. The team took the lead again in the 88th minute and in added time luck did not accompany Transalpina again. One week, two consecutive losses.
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Source: Observadora
