In this round of Serie A, Roma hosts Bologna, and this is a game that must not be lost. Once they lose to their opponents, it will be difficult for Roma to fight for five. In the end, they suffered a 3-1 defeat and were beaten twice by Bologna this season, and the prospect of fighting for the top five is bleak.
I don't know if it's because the schedule is too dense, but Roma's league and Europa League successions in recent weeks have led to a general poor form of the team. Roma were clearly not too excited after the start of the game, while the visitors got into the groove early.
Bologna took the lead away from home with Azozzi's 14th-minute delineation and his brilliant goal boosted the visitors' confidence. Just before half-time, Bologna made a series of passes up front before Zirkze slotted home from a tight angle. Although Roma kicked the ball out of the first place, fortunately, Serie A is not like La Liga, they gave up 3 million euros to introduce goal-line technology, so the goal was effective, and Roma fell behind 0-2.
In the second half, Azmoun and others came off the bench as Roma began to fight hard, and the Asian striker then seized his chances, scoring a goal that gave Roma hope by taking a series of shots in front of goal. Unfortunately, Roma failed to equalize, but were counter-attacked by the opponent before the end of the game, and finally had to lose 1-3.
After the loss, the morale of the whole Roma team is obviously low, after this game, although they are still in fifth place, but only 1 point ahead of the sixth Atalanta, in addition to Lazio is only 3 points behind Roma, although Roma is currently 1 game less than the two opponents behind them, but they have only ten minutes left in the make-up match with Udinese (before the game is suspended, the score is 1-1), once they can't beat Udinese away, the top five positions of Rome will be in jeopardy.
This game against Bologna, is the beginning of the Roma devil's schedule, the next 3 rounds of the league, they will also play against Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta and other 3 strong teams, in almost 14 days, in addition to playing 3 difficult league games, in the middle of the preparation with Bayer Leverkusen 2 Europa League games, for De Rossi, who has no experience in the first team before, is definitely a big test.
After taking charge of the team, De Rossi quickly helped Roma find their form, and he also gave fans hope of reaching the Champions League. However, if Roma are winless against strong teams in a row, they are likely to lose their top-five spots, which will also give Atalanta and Lazio two big opponents. Judging from the schedule, Roma wants to fight for five, it is indeed a little difficult, De Rossi must make a choice between the league and the Europa League, if they still want to fight on two fronts, in the end it is likely that they will not get anything, with the thickness of their squad, it is too difficult to achieve the goal of fighting for five in Serie A and the Europa League!