2-1!Romelu Lukaku broke the wilderness, De Rossi opened the flag to victory, ending a three-game winless run, and Roma pointed to the Champions League
Serie A powerhouse Roma has been aiming for Champions League qualification, but this season's record is not satisfactory, especially after the 1-3 defeat to AC Milan in the last round, it slipped to 9th place in the standings, for which the Roma hierarchy had a fierce quarrel with Mourinho, which eventually led to the madman tearfully stepping down, and the 40-year-old De Rossi took office in a hurry. On matchday, Roma face the 21st round of Serie A fixtures at home to Verona, who are third from bottom and still struggling with relegation. Lady luck favored Roma in this game, the opponent was judged to have a foul on a goal, and a penalty was wasted, Lukaku and Manuel Pellegrini scored twice in seven minutes, and Florencio responded with a super world wave, Roma narrowly won 2-1, and De Rossi opened the victory.
De Rossi led the team to a 4-3-2-1 formation in the first game, with Patricio in goal, Karlsdorp, Diego Llorente, Huysen and Spinazzola forming the defence, Beauvais, Paredes and Pellegrini in midfield, Dybala and El Shaarawy lying behind Lukaku to thread the needle for the little monster.
As soon as the game began, the Roma players took advantage of the home advantage to play with momentum. In the 7th minute, Beauvais sent a penetrating through ball into the box, and Karlsdorp did not choose to shoot first, but knocked the ball back to Lukaku, who followed up and the shot was blocked.
In the 18th minute, Pellegrini instigated an offensive with a direct pass from the midfield, El Shaarawy ran into the penalty area with the ball at high speed, attracting the attention of several Verona defenders and then selflessly crossed, Lukaku pushed and scored, 1-0! Lukaku broke the three-game goal drought in all competitions and scored his ninth Serie A goal of the season, tied for third in the scorer list.
With a goal in hand, Roma took advantage of the victory and pursued it. In the 25th minute, Lukaku advanced the ball from the right and crossed, Shaarawy stopped the ball and turned it into an assist, and Pellegrini adjusted slightly and fired a shot straight into the corner. In just 7 minutes, Roma scored 2 goals in a row. In the 30th minute, Roma's set-piece attack was cleared, and El Shaarawy's powerful shot from outside the box hit the defender, and Heyson fell to the ground in front of the goal to shoot just wide of the far corner.
In the 34th minute, Karlsdorp broke through on the right and crossed in front of the goal, and Shaarawy volleyed high from a tight angle. In the 40th minute, Huysen made a long pass over the top in the backfield, the power and landing point were just right, but unfortunately Dybala was half-single-handedly cleared by the opponent's sliding tackle, and Roma still returned to the dressing room with a two-goal advantage.
After returning to the pitch, Verona gave it a go and the attack increased significantly. In the 57th minute, Chashua cut in from the right and crossed, Florenshaw jumped in front of the goal to score, but the referee signaled that he was offside, and the score was still 2-0. In the 63rd minute, Saponara crossed from the left, Djuric flew to the top and hit Diego Llorente's outstretched arm, and the referee signaled a penalty.
Juric personally did it, but as a result, Rome escaped again, and I have to say that Lady Luck is on the side of Rome tonight.
However, in the 75th minute, Florenjo advanced in the middle and blasted an unsolvable elevator ball from 35 meters out of goal, the ball suddenly turned downward in the air, Patricio misjudged and failed to prevent the ball from entering the net, and Verona pulled one back.
In the 84th minute, Roma still had a chance to kill the game, but Belotti's one-on-one hit the side-netting. In the end, Roma won 2-1 against Verona, and De Rossi won his debut, leading the team to end a three-game winless streak and two points away from the Champions League zone.