A goal from the Englishman helps Roma to add two victories in their first two League games
Zaniolo left injured in the first half, after a blow to the shoulder
a header from Smalling It earned three points for Mourinho’s Roma, against Cremonense, to continue perched at the top of Serie A, with two wins in two games.
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Rome
Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp (Celik, 85′), Pellegrini, Cristante, Spinazzola (Zalewski, 72′); Dybala (Matic, 72′), Abraham, Zaniolo (El Shaarawy, 45′).
Cremonese
Radu; Aiwu (Bianchetti, 55′), Chiriches, Lochoshvili (Ciofani, 84′); Pickel, Ascacibar; Ghiglione (Báez, 55′), Zanimacchia (Bouonaiuto, 55′), Valeri; Dessers, Okereke (Tsadjout, 78′).
Referee
Luca Masimi. TA: Aiwu (24′), Zanimacchia (50′), Bianchetti (78′).
Stadium
Olympic in Rome. 40,000 spectators.
The game was unbalanced by the Englishman, with a portentous header, when the ‘giallorosso’ team was already getting tired of crashing again and again against the wall of the newly promoted. Neither the mobility of Dybala, Pellegrini, Abraham and Zaniolountil his injury, they were able to knock down the defense of the Cremonense, comfortable in their Numantine resistance exercise.
After the break, those of Mourinho They intensified their dominance until, on a corner kick, the former Manchester United player jumped and later ‘colpo di testa’.
a hand of Rui Patricio was in charge of maintaining the result and, therefore, the Romanist seal intact this season. They would try to remedy it, without luck, a Cremonense who, however, had no real chance through the game until the last bars.
In the end, the solitary goal of Smalling It was enough for Roma to continue at 1-0 (or 0-1) and add the maximum points the week they visited Juventus Stadium, in the first high-altitude test for the capital.