Italy: "Roma" in the European Cup quarter-finals (video)
On Saturday evening, you can familiarize yourself with the main events in Italian football, the goals in the matches, and the situation in the tournament table through this article.
'Juventus' — 'Genoa' 1:0
Goal: Yildiz (25).
'Juventus' — Di Gregorio, Gatti (Kalulu, 27), Veyga, Kelli, Gonsales (Vea, 82), Locatelli, Tyuram, McKennie, Kopmeyners (Konyseysau, 66), Yildiz, Vlahovic.
'Genoa' — Leali, Sabelli, De Vinter, Vaskes, Matturro, Frendrup, Onana (Malinovskiy, 71), Mazini, Miretti (Torsbi, 80), Zanoli (Venturino, 63), Pinamonti (Ekuban, 71).
Warnings: Tryuam (31), Frendrup (56), Malinovskiy (72), Vea (88).
After the dismissal of Tiago Motta, 'Juventus' appointed the best crisis manager in Serie A as the head coach. Croatian Igor Tudor, who played for the 'Old Ladies' in his time, has the best record among coaches who have managed teams for at least fifty matches in the last 90 years. He has won 86 percent of such matches (59 out of 69), and on Saturday, he improved his statistics with the victory over 'Genoa'. However, the modest 1:0 scoreline does not quite match the nature of the game. The Turin team had two good chances to score even in the final minutes.
And there were much clearer situations compared to the moment that decided the fate of the game for Kenan Yildiz. The Turkish player, who burst into the penalty area, beautifully deceived the defender and aimed at the goal from a sharp angle. This was Yildiz's seventh goal for the 'bianconeri'. If he manages to score at least one goal before his birthday (May 4), he will set a record for 'Juve' for the number of goals scored by players under 20 years old since the start of the three-point system for victories. So far, Yildiz has the same result as Moise Kean.
'Lecce' — 'Roma' 0:1
Goal: Dovbik (80).
'Lecce' — Falkone, Gilber, Gashpar, Baskirotto, Gallo, Kulibali (Kaba, 72), Ramadani (Rebich, 84), Perotti (Banda, 58), Helgason (Berisha, 72), Karlsson (Ndri, 58), Krstovich.
'Roma' — Svilar, Manchini, Hummels, Ndika, Salemakers (Pisilli, 84), Kone, Kristante, Anhelino, Sule (Shomurodov, 72), Pellegrini (Baldanzi, 72), Dovbik (El Sha’roviy, 84).
Warnings: Karlsson (54), Baldanzi (75), Salemakers (78).
'Roma' climbed to sixth place, which grants a spot in the European Cups, overtaking 'Lazio', who will play their round on Sunday. In the match against the underdog, the Romans struggled to achieve their goal for a long time, and Claudio Ranieri also brought Eldor Shomurodov onto the field as a second striker. This paid off, and in the 80th minute, Artem Dovbik accurately targeted the near corner, extending the winning streak of the Roman team to seven matches. Such a successful streak had not been seen for 'Wolves' since 2016, when the team under Luciano Spalletti achieved victory in eight consecutive matches. Claudio Ranieri, who saved the season for 'Roma', will have the opportunity to repeat this result next week — but the schedule is not easy, first facing 'Juventus', followed by the Rome derby.
