Abraham scored, Roma beat Udinese and stayed strong in the Champions League qualifying zone

this Thursday (23) Rome came back to win Italian Championship. Playing at home, in Estádio Olímpico, coach Jose Mourinho’s team defeated Udinese In a ratio of 1 to 0, in commitment valid for the fifth round of the competition.

The only goal of the match was scored by 9 Tammy Abraham, who scored his third goal since his arrival in Rome from ChelseaAt Mourinho’s request. The Englishman also scored for the second time in Italian.

Roma will return to the Italian championship field next Sunday (26), at one in the afternoon, in a derby meeting against its Italian counterpart. Lazio. check everything He lives with broadcast By ESPN on Star +. Not subscribed yet? click here for more information.

In the 36th minute of the first half, Calafiori made a great move on the left, passing by more than one mark and playing low for the English striker, who rushed into the area and with his heel into the net.

At the end of the match, midfielder Pellegrini received his second yellow card for elbowing an opposing player, and was sent off, defrauding Roma in the last minutes.

As a result, Roma returned to winning ways after losing 3-2 to Hellas Verona, in the last round. So far, the club from the Italian capital has achieved four victories in five matches in Italy.

On the other hand, the visiting team added their second consecutive defeat in the competition, after winning 4-0 in favor of the leaders. Naples, in the last round.

It is worth noting that Udinese passed the first three rounds of the Italian unbeaten, with two (consecutive) victories and a draw. In addition, this was the second game in a row that the team failed to break the net.

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Tournament mode

With the win, Roma went to 12 points and jumped from fifth to fourth in the leaderboard, in the area Champions League. The distance to the leaders Napoli is only three points at the moment.

On the other hand, Udinese are tenth with the same seven points and need to win again in the next round if they do not want to stray from the top team in the table.

Oh for the face: Tammy Abraham

Roma 9 shirt his team won at the Olympic Stadium and scored another goal. In addition, Abraham also provided assists, both also for the Italian Championship, and is one of the most prominent elements of Jose Mourinho’s team.

It Was Bad: Lorenzo Pellegrini

The Roma midfielder was sent off at the end of the match after receiving two yellow cards and an unnecessary elbow. With that, he emptied his team in the last minutes, when Udinese put a lot of pressure on the hosts in search of an equaliser. In addition, it will be embezzled in the derby match against Lazio.

Upcoming games

The two teams return to the field this weekend in the sixth round of the Italian championship, which sports fans will watch live By ESPN on Star +. The Roma Derby will play Lazio, on Sunday (26th), at 1:00 pm (GMT), again at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. On the same day, but earlier, at 10 am, Udinese receives Fiorentina, at the Friuli Stadium.

data sheet

Objectives: Rome: Tammy Abraham (36 min)

Rome: Rui Patricio Karsdorp, Mancini, Ibanez and Calviore (Smalling); christanti and veritut; Zaniolo (El Shaarawy), Mkhitaryan and Pellegrini; Tammy Abraham. idiomatic: Jose Mourinho.

Udinese: Silvestri. Rodrigo Picao, Neutink (Samardzic) and Samir; Molina (Sobi), Pereira, Wallace, Makingo and Odoji (Larsen); Deulofeu and Pussetto (Beto). idiomatic: Luca Gotti.