Roma

Roma dropped out of Serie A's Champions League places on Sunday after falling to a shock 4-3 home defeat to Sassuolo.

Even though the Argentina forward did crash in his team's second in the 50th minute there was no stopping Sassuolo. Roma were forced to bring on Dybala, being rested ahead of the trip to Real Sociedad in the Europa League last 16 on Thursday. Roma were without the suspended Jose Mourinho and had to play the entire second half a man down after Marash Kumbulla was sent off for kicking Berardi and conceding the spot-kick from which the Italy international gave Sassuolo a two-goal half-time lead.

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Paulo Dybala (left) attempted to pull the hosts back into the game with a strike in the 50th minute momentarily reducing the deficit Armand Lauriente's quick-fire brace with goals in the space of five minutes of each other put the hosts on the back-foot early on as Roma sought to build on victory over [Jose Mourinho](/sport/jose_mourinho/index.html) is the short summary of Roma's torrid home 3-4 home defeat against Sassuolo on Sunday evening.

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The rivals for the top four did not perform particularly well this weekend as Atalanta lost against Napoli, Inter lost to Spezia and Lazio drew at Bologna. Mourinho's absence against Sassuolo might have affected the squad as also Marash Kumbulla was sent off after he kicked striker Domenico Berardi in what was another lack of composure, all of which is starting to cost them. The Giallorossi, under Jose Mourinho, won last year's edition of the UEFA Conference League and this season are in good shape to get into the quarterfinals of the Europa League, which could be another route towards UCL qualification if they win the cup.

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And while, for a moment, it looked like El Shaarawy was primed to cut in and create a shot of his own, he wisely checked the ball back to Dybala, who, with one subtle stroke of his left foot, one-timed the ball into the far post, bringing Roma to within one goal with well over half an hour to play. While he got a clean look at the ball, Zalewski's low, screaming effort was denied by Consigli—but this was awfully close to leveling the game. There was simply no way Roma was going to win this match and move into second place. Foti did bring Volpato into the match in the 77th minute in place of Nicola Zalewski, while Jordan Majchrzak made his club debut, replacing the ineffective Tammy Abraham. Foti would respond with a rather surprising change, bringing the seldom-seen Mady Camara into the match in place of Nemanja Matic, who moments earlier picked up a yellow card. Roma nearly equalized moments later when Wijnaldum got loose in the box but wasn't able to convert a relatively free header at the near left post. While it required a quick VAR review, Kumbulla was given a straight red, and Berardi summarily buried the penalty attempt, putting Sassuolo up 3-1 at the break. After settling a looping out-swinging cross from Leonardo Spinazzola, Zalewski cleverly bounced the ball off the pitch, giving it just enough arch to settle into the far corner of the goal, cutting the deficit in half. Roma rounded out the attack with Tammy Abraham and Stephan El Shaarawy at the point of a 3-5-2. Granted, they got a bit lucky with a few of those redirections, but Roma offered very little opposition here as Sassuolo danced around the area before Lauriente delivered the killing blow. You'll notice how everyone just kind of craned their necks as they watched this ball float into the back of the net—brilliant piece of skill from Zalewski, whether he meant it or not! The Giallorossi caught a break earlier this weekend, with all three clubs dropping points, so there was added room for optimism today.

Andrea Pinamonti was once again able to celebrate scoring versus Roma as he did already in the past in tonight's victory over the Giallorossi at the.

“But is there a team that doesn’t suffer when playing at the Olimpico? “We have improved a lot as a team. We knew from the start that we had to suffer but we had a fantastic game all together and I think we deserved the win.”

Goal! Roma 3, Sassuolo 4. Georginio Wijnaldum (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris ...

Nicola Zalewski (Roma) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Nicola Zalewski (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Davide Frattesi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Georginio Wijnaldum (Roma) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Ibañez (Roma) header from very close range is blocked.

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