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08 April 2021Success of grit and heart for Roma who conquer a comeback in the final minutes at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Ajax beaten 2-1 at home, a result that the Giallorossi will be able to manage in the return to the Olimpico next Thursday.



Confirmed the three-man defense, Fonseca chooses Diawara to join Veretout in midfield.

Exteriors Bruno Peres and Spinazzola, Pellegrini and Pedro in support of Dzeko.

Giallorossi cautious at the start, but when Ajax's high pressure jumps, interesting chances arrive.

Dzeko widens the diagonal, Cristante engages Scherpen from distance.

The problems for Roma come with Spinazzola's muscle injury (Calafiori detects it at 29 ') which was putting the' lancers' on the left in serious difficulty.

Just his last acceleration had provided an interesting ball to Dzeko, but a central conclusion.

Ajax shows up with an opportunity for Tadic.

Then he broke the deadlock in the 39th minute thanks to an error in the back pass by Diawara: Klaassen pounced on the ball, threw a triangle with Tadic and deposited on the net.

A few moments later Pau Lopez closes the mirror to Antony avoiding doubling.



Rome in difficulty at the beginning of the recovery.

Pau Lopez misses a relief, Neres and Antony don't monetize the mistake.

At 53 'another topical exit, Tadic enters the area, Ibanez naively knocks him out.

Just the Serbian goes on the spot, Pau Lopez remains standing and rejects the central shot.

It is a 'sliding door' for the match because the Giallorossi take courage.

Dzeko goes up to the sky to take Bruno Peres' cross but puts aside.

At 57 'Pedro gets a free kick from the edge, Pellegrini goes to serve, Scherpen's sensational' duck 'who gives the draw.

Rome in control for a few minutes, the entry of Brobbey turns the situation upside down.

The class of 2002 offers an assist to Tagliafico that engages Pau Lopez.

Then he receives the punch from Tadic and loses the duel with Pau Lopez, very good at low output.

The goalkeeper is still very effective on Antony's close heel strike.

Fonseca sends Mayoral (for Dzeko, short of energy) and Villar (for Veretout).

The protagonist is always Pau Lopez, again on Antony freed in the area by Tadic.

But the surprise is right in the queue.

In one of the rare sorties Pedro wins a corner kick.

Klaassen arrives with his head but extends to Ibanez who, in the heart of the area, controls and unloads a tracer from the bottom up that is worth the overtaking at 87 '.