Roma rout Monza 3-0. Led by fired up Paulo Dybala two consecutive goals in the first half followed by Roger Ibanez on the 61’, a final dagger to send newly promoted Monza to a defeat while Roma stole the number one seed in the Serie A table from Napoli having 3 wins and 1 draw record, while Napoli crushed through fourth seed.
Roma mentor Jose Mourinho was very proud of his team’s collective effort to clinched victory in front of a packed crowd in Stadio Olimpico. He also explained his exchange with Paulo Dybala as the Argentine footballer left the pitch. Catch more action for football today here!
“Last year, when Juventus played here with us and he was being substituted, I told him ‘You’re really good, kid.’ Well, tonight I told him the same and we laughed thinking about how things have changed since then,” Mourinho told DAZN (cited from Roma Press).
The first 15 minutes of the match was silently eerie as Roma looked like they were struggling to find openings and hardly breakthrough on Monza’s defense. Despite the arena having a sold out crowd, the fans became just silent sitting, watching their team having a hard time. But it ended at the 18th minute, when Paulo Dybala scored his first Serie A goal for Roma, thanks to the assist of Tammy Abaraham.
The first half for Roma was quite a roller coaster. During the 28th minute of the match, Marsha Kumbulla left the pitch due to apparent hamstring injury – this made Mourinho play Chris Smalling, making his 100th appearance for the club. Paulo Dybala scored another goal during the 32nd minute of the match. Abraham made an attempt to score against Di Gregorio, then he failed terribly. But thanks to Dybala’s tenacity and endurance, he charged the head ball long towards the loose ball.
Roger Ibanez sealed the game for Roma as he scored the goal during the 61st minute and the team’s third goal of the match. While the match was going to wind up, the mentor came back on the bench and brought Shaarawy to sub out Dybala and Spinazzola for Nicola Zalewsky.
The motivated Roger Ibanez proved to be one of the reliable and efficient players of Roma in the 3-0 beatdown on Monza. After the match, he said that he is thankful to the coach (Maurinho) for the confidence, lessons, and advice he received. “I thank the coach so much for his words and advice, he’s helped me a lot,” he told DAZN. “I can learn a lot from him. He is a great coach, he gives us a lot of confidence,” he continued (cited from Roma Press). The center-back added that the collective effort victory against Monza is a testament that they are a family and moving forward.
Roma will next face Udinese on September 5, Monday. Then, the team will have a Europa League group stage match against Ludogorets on September 9.
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