15 January 2017
15 January 2017

Udinese - Roma 0-1

The first twenty minutes are fatal for the blackandwhites

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UDINESE – ROMA 0-1
Scorers:  12’ Nainggolan
 
Udinese: Karnezis, Faraoni, Danilo, Felipe, Samir, Fofana, Kums (74’ s.t. Ewandro), Jankto (52’s.t. Perica), De Paul, Zapata, Thereau.
Substitutes: Scuffet, Perisan, Angella, Ali Adnan, Heurtaux, Hallfredsson, Lucas Evangelista, Balic, Matos.
Coach: Delneri
 
Roma: Szczesny, Manolas, Fazio, Juan Jesus, Bruno Peres, Paredes, Strootman, Emerson Palmieri, Nainggolan, El Shaarawy (63’ s.t. Totti), Dzeko.
Substitutes: Lobont, Alisson, Vermaelen, Seck, Mario Rui, Gerson, Frattesi, Tumminello.
Coach: Spalletti
 
Referee: Damato. Assistants: Petri and Ranghetti. Fourth official: Cariolato.
Additionals: Irrati and Di Paolo.
Yellow cards: 40’ Juan Jesus, 75’ Felipe, 78’ Fofana.
 
UDINE. Udinese tries to win against Roma after the undeserved match of last week against Inter. Roma immediately proves to be a very good team. The first 15 minutes are mainly characterized by the actions of Roma. At minute 2 there is a crossbar shot by Dzeko after Strootman’s pass. At minute 5 there is a great save of Karnezis after a shot of El Sharawy. At minute 12 Roma takes the lead: Strootman shots for Naingolain, he volleys and scores. Udinese doesn’t react and Roma goes on playing well. At minute 17 there is Faraoni’s touch: Dzeko takes a penality but he fails. The match changes, Udinese starts to play better. At minute 22 Szczesny takes the ball twice.
Udinese goes on playing very well. At minute 27 De Paul tries to shoot but there is Szczesny’s interference: the blckandwhites handle this situation. At minute 43 there is a wasted opportunity for Udinese: De Paul shots for Thereau that doesn’t score, maybe because he is blinded by the sun. One minute later there is another chance for the blackandwhites: De Paul shoots for Zapata who is put in a spot by Fazio. Damato doesn’t give a penalty. There is no injury time, the first half ends with a score of 0-1. Roma started the match playing very well but Udinese made up ground.
The second half starts with a cross of Jankto deflected by Manolas. At minute 52 Perica stands for Jankto. Five minutes later Perica tries to shoot but Szczesny catches. Udinese starts playing even better and tries to put Roma in a spot. At minute 62 De Paul fails his shot at goal. At minute 63 there is a yellowandred change: Totti stands for El Shaarawy. The yellowandred captain immediately shots for Nainggolan that luckily fails his shot at goal. At minute 69 Hallfreddson stands for Zapata. At minute 74 there is Delneri’s last change and Ewandro stands for Kums. Felipe and Fofana are booked. Both the teams feel tired. At minute 78 Thereau, probably the best player of the match, shoots for Thereau but there is Fazio’s tackle. From this moment Roma keeps the ball far from its half of the field.
At minute 80 Dzeko wastes a chance to score after a good assist of Totti. One minute later he fails again with an header. Roma starts playing very slowly. At minute 85 Dzeko tries to score but Karnezis catches. At minute 87 De Paul shoots for Thereau but there is a catch of Szczesny, the best player of Roma together with Nainggolan. Three extra minutes are allowed by Damato, but there is no comeback of Udinese. This is another undeserved defeat for Udinese. The fatal things of this match have been the first twenty minutes of game and the inaccuracy in attack. Next Sunday there will be the away match in Empoli.