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March 1, 2020 In Cagliari, Rome finds victory away from home, beating the hosts 4-3. The rossoblù, in a negative series for 10 days, face the Giallorossi, who have come out defeated since their last two away matches. Maran revolutionizes the team, six changes compared to the match against Napoli.The former Olsen and Nainggolan, Rog and Oliva play in the median. Joao Pedro and Paloschi attack. In Rome, Mancini is disqualified, Fazio plays. Paulo Fonseca gives Villar confidence in midfield and leaves Dzeko on the bench for Kalinic. The Giallorossi immediately take the initiative. At 7 'Roma take advantage of a slide by Joao Pedro and attack vertically: assist by Under for Kalinic who pulls first, but Olsen relaxes and deflects for a corner. At 10 'splendid action of Under that accelerates on the wing and overcomes the opponent, before concentrating and kicking, ball that slams on the crossbar and ends up on the feet of Mkhitaryan who kicks in turn. Olsen para, on the rebound Kalinic's close shot is slightly deflected. It's symphony Rome: on the 13 'Under, Bruno Perez throws vertically at the near post: Olsen puts it in the corner again. Eight shots from Cagliari in the first 15 minutes of play. Suddenly the game unlocks. At 28 'Joao Pedro receives a vertical launch, controls inside the area and with his right overtakes Pau Lopez. The advantage of the Sardinians lasts 93 seconds: cross from Kolarov from the left, Luca Pellegrini misses the lead and Kalinic also heads, from close position, hits the target: it is 1-1. At 41 'splendid insertion of Mkhitaryan who puts her in the center for Kalinic and is a brace for the Croatian.
At the beginning of the second half Roma still dangerous with Kluivert who in the 51st minute served by Under splinters the crossbar. Cagliari too slow in the maneuver and Rome which continues to be insidious. At 64 ', in fact, a long throw from Kolarov triggers Kluivert in the open field, the Dutchman is cold and beats Olsen for the third time. Maran tries the Simeone card for Paloschi, but Pereiro is shortening for the hosts who, at 75 'from the edge of the area, places a big left corner. Once again Roma reacts immediately. Kolarov in the 81st minute on a free-kick in the center, Mkhitaryan rushes but does not touch the ball, but the ball ends up directly on the net. Goal therefore assigned to the Serbian. At 88 'touch of arm in the area of Smalling, penalty beaten by Joao Pedro, Pau Lopez para, but on the riveted the Brazilian bags it and is 3-4. Six minutes of recovery but the result no longer changes.