3-2! Roma are close to the top four, Mourinho can stop, and Messi should give way
At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 27, the 26th round of the 2023-24 Serie A season ushered in a key battle: Roma VS Torino.
In the 20th round of Serie A, after Roma lost 1:3 away to AC Milan, Mourinho stepped down, and the successor De Rossi did a good job, with 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 games, the only loss was a 2:4 home loss to the leader Inter Milan in the 24th round of Serie A, and the other 4 Serie A games were all won, and the Europa League knockout play-offs and Feyenoord drew 1:1 in both legs, and finally won the penalty kick and advanced to the Europa League 1/8 finals.
The old giants Torino can only be regarded as a mid-table team in Serie A at the moment.
In the Serie A standings before the game, Roma ranked sixth with 41 points in 25 games, 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, and 7 points behind Bologna in fourth place with 1 round less. Torino is ranked tenth with 36 points in 25 games, 10 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, and it is unlikely that they will compete for European qualification.
Yes, Roma started the 352 formation, Azmoun and Dybala partnered in the front, midfielders Angelino, Pellegrini, Paredes, Cristante, R. Christensen, three central defenders Ndicka, Smalling, Mancini, goalkeeper Svilar. The total value of the starting eleven is 160 million euros.
Torino started the 3412 formation, Duvan Zapata, Sanabria double forwards, forward Vlasic, midfielders Lazzaro, Ginettis, S. Ricci, Bellanova, three central defenders Masina, Lovato, Gigi, goalkeeper Vania. The starting eleven is worth a total of 76.5 million euros.
In the 36th minute, Azmoun took the ball at the top of the arc and was brought down by Sazonov and fell on the penalty line, and the referee awarded a penalty. Dybala converts the penalty. Roma leads Torino 1-0.
In the 44th minute, Bellanova crossed from the right and Zapata scored with a header. Torino tied the score at 1-1.
In the 57th minute, Cristante crossed from the right, and Dybala shot from the middle and shot a world wave. Rome 2:1 Turin.
In the 69th minute, Lukaku arced straight into the ball, and Dybala scored with a volley from the left side of the penalty area. Rome 3:1 Turin.
In the 88th minute, Richie's cross from the right flank bounced off Waison's foot and into the goal. Turin 2:3 Rome.
In the end, with Dybala's hat-trick, Roma beat Torino 3-2 at home. With 44 points from 26 games, it is still sixth in the Serie A standings, and there is still a 4-point gap with Bologna in fourth, and the prospect of fighting for the fourth place is relatively optimistic.
Not long ago, Mourinho was still angry about being fired by Rome, the so-called not afraid of not knowing the goods, afraid of comparing goods, before Mourinho got out of class, Rome Serie A won 3 consecutive rounds, fell to ninth, the Italian Cup 1/4 finals out, before the Europa League also failed to win the first group directly qualified for the knockout round. De Rossi took office, Serie A has 15 points in the last 6 rounds with 5 wins and 1 loss, and eliminated Feyenoord in the Champions League knockout play-offs.
Mu Shuai can actually shut up! If he dwells on this matter any longer, he will become a resentful woman.
Dybala, who scored a hat trick in the game, was known as the "new Messi" at the beginning of his debut, and has been playing as a substitute in the Argentine national team for a long time over the years, many people think that it is because the style is similar to Messi, and the position overlaps with Messi.
Today's Messi is struggling to lead a MLS team, is it time to give way to the younger Dybala?