Champions League : Roma 3 - 0 Barca The Roma players chatted with the hero Manolas, the third defender for Roma. Photo: Reuters Goals...
Champions League : Roma 3 - 0 Barca
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| The Roma players chatted with the hero Manolas, the third defender for Roma. Photo: Reuters |
Goals: Dzeko 6 ', De Rossi 58' Penalty, Manolas 82 '
Won 4-1 in the first leg, Barca enter the battle without knowing what to do. The big advantage is that they do not aggressively attack, while defending is not good. Rome, on the other hand, has only one way to go and score goals. Clear in that direction to help the Olimpico team take control of the game and even opened the score 6 minutes with the empty phase of Edin Dzeko. Starting from the perfect pass of Daniele De Rossi, the Bosnia striker escaped from the center-back of Samuel Umtiti, breaking into the penalty area and defeating goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
Before the game, coach Eusebio Di Francesco said his team needed a miracle to overturn the game. And Dzeko's early goals are the start of that mysterious story.
This match, Lionel Messi is almost completely divided. The only sign he left in the first 45 minutes was the penalty kick. Sergio Roberto is another rare visitor, but fails to beat goalkeeper Alisson Becker. And under the terrible psychological pressure of tens of thousands of home fans, Barca more embarrassing - especially the defense.
29 minutes, if the ball did not deviate the goal narrowly after Patrick Schick's header, the gap could soon be doubled for Roma. In the 37th and 38th respectively, Dzeko made two early starts forcing Ter Stegen to win the match.
Having failed to find a way out of psychological pressure and regain the game, Barca paid the price with a second goal in the 58th minute. The visitors continued to make mistakes when Gerard Pique inserted Dzeko in a disputed phase. the forbidden zone. Taking advantage of the penalty spot, De Rossi scored a 2-0 lead.
A year ago, Barca wrote one of the classic stories in the Champions League, when meeting PSG in the 1/8 round. They lost 0-4 in the first leg, but upstream won 6-1 to go forward. But this time, the giants of Spanish football became victims. This is not just a bad game for individual players, but coach Ernesto Valverde is also weak. He hardly had any adjustments in the game to neutralize the offensive and passive ideas in the defense. In the second half, Barca almost only held one more to the ball, when Messi shot from 16 meters into position Alisson 74 minutes.
Realizing the opportunity to open the semi-open before, Roma constantly increased pressure. Italy could have scored a third soon after the kick-off of Nainggolan, the goalless draw of De Rossi and the close-range situation of the player replacing El Shaarawy to be more accurate or win the player. to Ter Stergen.
But their efforts are not wasted. 82 minutes, from a simple angle of view, the players loose left to Manolas midfielder cut the header to bring the ball away to the far corner. 3-0 for Roma. Until now, new coach Valverde enhanced attack, with the appearance of Ousmane Dembele and Alcacer. But everything was too late. Only Dembele had the opportunity to shoot a distance of about 35 meters, when the Roma goal was left empty for the goalkeeper Alisson. But the ball went up to the net.
This result is enough to Roma level the final 4-4, to win the ticket for the first semi-final in history. Meanwhile, Barca have a third consecutive year must stop in the quarterfinals. Twice ago, the Nou Camp team lost to Atletico Madrid and Juventus.
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