Roma performed out a 1-1 draw with Premier League outfit Everton of their remaining pre-season pleasant of the summer season on Saturday night; captain Lorenzo Pellegrini opened the scoring at Goodison Park.
Three of Daniele De Rossi’s summer season signings have been on present on Merseyside in Enzo Le Charge, Matias Soule and Artem Dovbyk. The latter struggled to get stepping into his first ‘correct’ run-out for the Giallorossi, however the former two made an honest impression on the press.
Le Charge and goalkeeper Mile Svilar have been singled out for particular person reward by La Gazzetta dello Sport, whereas Soule contributed with a superb via ball excessive for Pellegrini to tuck away within the first half.
It was a sturdy Roma line-up that De Rossi had chosen. Paulo Dybala was the one notable absentee. La Joya did come on within the second half although, to interchange his compatriot, Soule.
Dovbyk had an opportunity to open his Roma account early on, however was denied by England worldwide Jordan Pickford after simply 5 minutes.
From there, it was a comparatively torpid affair. Roma, nonetheless making an attempt to familiarize yourself with their barely adjusted system, had a handful of slips in them, however Everton weren’t in a position to capitalise on any of them.
Soule and Pellegrini broke the impasse with six minutes of the primary half remaining. The current Juventus signing despatched an inch-perfect ball excessive for the skipper to latch onto, earlier than sending a cool end previous Pickford into the far nook from 12 yards out.
The hosts started to up the temp within the second interval. Dominic Calvert-Lewin bought them again into it across the hour mark, earlier than a collection of various pictures have been unleashed on Svilar’s objective.
Even after the introduction of Dybala and Tammy Abraham, Roma nonetheless lacked a little bit of vitality going forwards, and have been unable to place themselves again forward by full-time.
The Giallorossi will now flip their consideration within the path of Cagliari, who host De Rossi and his staff of their first Serie A match of the season subsequent Sunday.
Full-time: Everton 1-1 Roma
Pellegrini (R) 39′, Calvert-Lewin (E) 61′.
Roma (4-3-3): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino; Le Charge, Cristante, Pellegrini; Soule, Dovbyk, Zalewski.
Everton (4-3-2-1): Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, O’Brien, Mykolenko; Gana, Doucoure, Iroegbunam; Harrison, McNeil; Calvert-Lewin.
Si chiude la sfida di Goodison Park.#EvertonRoma finisce 1-1, in gol Pellegrini al 39’ e Calvert-Lewin al 61’.#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/uDleWT8byX
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) August 10, 2024
