Artem Dovbyk scored his first purpose within the Roma jersey, however Koni De Winter snatched a last-gasp equaliser for Genoa, so Daniele De Rossi nonetheless waits for his first win.
The Giallorossi had Enzo Le Fée injured and Nicola Zalewski frozen out for rejecting a Galatasaray switch, so Manu Koné acquired his first begin. The hosts missed Junior Messias, Fabio Miretti, Alessandro Zanoli, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Alan Matturro and David Ankeye.
Tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas took centre stage throughout the warm-up, as he has been a Genoa supporter since childhood and acquired to benefit from the ambiance.
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Paulo Dybala had penalty appeals waved away after 12 minutes for a Koni De Winter problem and Johan Vasquez charged down the Gianluca Mancini header on the ensuing nook.
Koné blasted over from the sting of the field and Dovbyk fired straight on the goalkeeper after a Dybala back-heel flick help, however Pierluigi Gollini needed to make a brilliant response save after Stephan El Shaarawy managed a protracted Mancini ball excessive.
Gollini parried a Nicolò Pisilli effort into the trail of Dovbyk to show in from six yards, however the offside flag went up for Mancini earlier within the transfer. After a very lengthy look ahead to the VAR examine, information got here by that the Ukrainian’s first purpose within the Giallorossi jersey would stand.
Roma saved pushing in first half stoppages, Koné seeing his strike charged down by a defender within the six-yard field.
Alexis Saelemaekers sprained his proper ankle on the daybreak of the second half, so Mario Hermoso made his debut off the bench.
Gollini was known as into motion once more on Dovbyk from shut vary after a free kick, whereas Caleb Ekuban twice wasted promising conditions for Genoa down the fitting earlier than Mile Svilar needed to rush off his line to make use of his physique towards the striker’s end.
The hosts had been pouring ahead and Svilar parried a ferocious Ruslan Malinovskyi free kick with issue, additionally getting behind the Vitinha follow-up.
Coach Daniele De Rossi was despatched off in stoppages for 2 bookable offences, however moments later Genoa acquired their long-awaited equaliser. A Vitinha cross was whipped in from the left and Koni De Winter acquired between Evan N’Dicka and Hermoso for a towering header from six yards.
It was remarkably much like the 2-2 draw with Inter right here, which was additionally sealed late on by a defender.
Genoa 1-1 Roma
Dovbyk 38 (R), De Winter 96 (G)
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