AS Roma successfully won three crucial points in the 28th Giornata of Serie A facing Atalanta, Il Lupi won 1-0. Tammy Abraham’s only goal was enough to bring Roma to secure three points in this match. Playing in front of their own fans, AS Roma tried to step on the gas from the start. The first dangerous chance of the match came from Mancini’s header, but the ball was parried by Musso. Atalanta slowly but surely began to dominate possession. But they are a bit difficult to penetrate the tight defence of AS Roma.
The tension in this match was quite hot from the start. Because both teams took a physical approach, so many violations occurred. After experiencing a deadlock, AS Roma managed to break the egg in minute 33. Receiving feedback from Nicolo Zaniolo, Tammy Abraham successfully beat Musso with his right foot shot. The score changed to 1-0 for AS Roma’s advantage. At the end of the first half, Roma would have almost doubled their lead had Pellegrini’s free-kick not hit the crossbar. The 1-0 score lasted until halftime.
Watch the game in the second half below.
On second round, left behind 1-0 in the first half, Gasperini made a substitution at halftime. Luis Muriel was brought in to replace Mario Articles. In the second half, Atalanta played more aggressively. They pounded the defence of AS Roma, but Il Lupi did not budge with these attacks. Roma is not without a fight in this match. They made several counter-attacks which were quite dangerous to Atalanta’s goal. In injury time, both teams received red cards. The referee gave second yellow cards to Marten de Roon and also Henrikh Mkhitaryan for fouls and also handball.
Buying and selling attacks continue to occur until injury time. However, no additional goals were created, so AS Roma managed to secure 3 points in this match. Thanks to this result AS Roma remains in sixth place, with 47 points. Their point acquisition is now the same as Atalanta who is ranked fifth.
