The Argentine Paulo Dybala lived his first great night with the Roma shirt against Monza, recently promoted, to which he endorsed a double that left the clash seen for judgment and that ensured the fourth undefeated match for the ‘giallorossi’, while the club run by the Italian Silvio Berlusconi has not added after four days in what is his first season in Serie A.
Last day’s draw against Juventus raised doubts about the Mourinho’s project, who after a disappointing first half recovered to get a point from Turin. Against Monza and at the Stadio Olímpico, the ‘giollorossi’ had the obligation to win.
Then Dybala appeared to open the scoring with a great goal. The Argentine took advantage of a combing by his teammate Abraham to ride from almost the center of the field ahead of the visiting defenders and, once inside the area, finish with a powerful cross left-footed shot that was unappealable for the rival goalkeeper.
The Olympic breathed, seeing the first goal of his new star with the ‘Loba’ shirt and his team far superior to Monza. Mourinho also smiled from the bench, with a radically different gesture from the one he wore in Turin, seeing how this time his gears and his plan worked.
This time Roma did not sin waste chances. He had had one and it had ended in a goal. The second, the same. The author himself. Dybala signed his first brace in less than 15 minutes, after a counter that Abraham led but in which the British could not overcome the meta. The ‘Jewel’ converted into the rebound, getting ahead of the defender by millimeters by throwing himself to the ground.
With this achievement, the Argentine joined the list of footballers who have scored 100 goals in the highest category of Italian football.
And he was about to put the third as soon as the second half began. The formula was clear. Matic, very present, looked with long balls for the back of a weak Monza defense, which could not stop the Roman attempts, so that either Abraham or Pellegrini could attack the space, while Dybala accompanied. This time Pellegrini gave in to the Argentine, who ran into the rival goalkeeper.
However, the dominance was such that the third was swift. It was from the Brazilian Roger Ibáñez, who prevailed over his peer in a corner kick to, with a header, make it 3-0 in the light and sentence the clash.
The Olimpico in Rome, packed to the brim, excited about this project after lifting the Conference League, exploded after the third goal of his team, whom he did not stop encouraging during the 90 minutes. Especially the protagonist of the game, who was fired with a loud ovation when Mourinho decided to rest him with the game sentenced, in what was his first big night in Rome.
Monza was able to close the gap in the second half, much more involved in the game than a Roma that took their foot off the accelerator once the three points were secured, but Machin crashed his shot in the crossbar.
Door to zero and doublet of the new star. Roma smiles again after the draw against Juventus. Monza continues to be mired in its game crisis and remains last with zero points in four games.
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