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At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 21, a match in the third round of the Coppa Italia began to compete, and Roma faced Lecce at home. Roma have a poor record in the league, with only 11 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats in the first 22 rounds, ranking 5th with 35 points, which is not a small distance from the Champions League. Mourinho is under a lot of pressure. In the last game, Roma won a thrilling victory over Cagliari, allowing the team to get out of the vicious circle of losing streaks, at least allowing Mourinho to breathe a sigh of relief for a while. Roma only had four days off, this time coming to the Coppa Italia against Serie B side Lecce. Even if Rome was a little tired, it had to win against an opponent of this level.
Mourinho was lined up in a 4231 formation for this game. Patricio served as the starting goalkeeper. Karsdorp, Cumubra, Roger Ibanez and Niles are paired at 4-back. Christant and Wellert form a double back. Cales Perez, Sergio Oliveira and Gian joined forces. Abraham was at the front. Zaniolo, Mkhitaryan and Shomurodov sit on the bench.
In the 9th minute of the game, the unguarded Velletu swept a shot in the middle of the penalty area and actually kicked away. In the 14th minute, Roma conceded the ball! Barreca sent a precise cross and Calabresi headed the ball off the ground and burrowed into the bottom right corner of the goal. The angle was too tricky and the goalkeeper's save was useless. Rome was in trouble early. Five minutes later, Perez came with a long-range shot that was saved.
In the 27th minute, Gian stepped forward to get a quasi-single knife, he chose to pick a shot, and it was again defused by the goalkeeper. In the 39th minute, Roma scored! Relying on a corner kick opportunity, Tammy Abraham grabbed a nodding ball and sailed it in front of the goal, and Kumubra's header relayed the ball in. Both sides returned to the same running line. At the end of the half, the two sides played in a 1-1 draw.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 46th minute, Zagnolo cut inside and shot long, the ball hit the goal post and bounced out, which was really bad. In the 53rd minute, Roma scored the goal of the counter-score! Tammy Abraham fired a long-range shot from the edge and the ball went into the bottom left corner of the goal. This foot shoots at a sharp angle from a long distance. Rome regained the initiative.
In the 61st minute, Lecce was hit again, and Garjulo was sent off for a foul that turned two yellows and one red. Roma, who kicked 1 more man, continued their onslaught. Tammy Abraham and Zaniolo fired back-to-back shots, but they were all deflected by the goalkeeper. In the 73rd minute, Mkhitaryan's shot from inside the penalty area was deflected. In the 80th minute, Shomurodov scored the goal that killed the game. In the end, Roma beat Lecce 3-1 to advance to the next round. Mourinho refused to be upset and led the team to win the opponent.