Nice 1-2 Roma: Defenders seal Roma's Europa League debut win

Game is over and the final score is Nice 1-2 Roma. Defenders seal Roma's Europa League debut win

Match Report

There were some surprises in the starting eleven of both teams compared to the predictions made the day before. Smell confirmation Diouf between the posts, but among the three starting defenders there is Dante Alighieri on the left with Mendy e Bah. Bard is moved to the left lane, with Ladle on the opposite side to support Vanhoutte e Boudaoui. Forward Sanson supports Boce behind Carlos. In Roma instead the derby rearguard was confirmed with Steel, Mancini e N'Dicka before Silker. In the middle rest for Crystalline, there is in its place El Aynaoui Koné, while in the band there are Rensch right and Tsimikas on the left. In front Soulé ed El Shaarawy they support the sole tip dovbyk, first as a starter for the Ukrainian centre forward with Gasperini on the bench.

Vertical dribbling and counter-pressing in the opponent's half of the field, the Nice in the first minutes he puts the team in great difficulty RomaThe very loud cheering of the Allianz Riviera accompanies every pressure from the home players and the Giallorossi struggle to take the measure of the first quarter of an hour. Luckily for the boys of Gasperini The solidity that has characterised the Giallorossi team up to now is confirmed also on the French Riviera. The only real dangerous opportunity in the first quarter of an hour comes with an attempt from the edge of the area by Mendy on the wrong disengagement of Rensch, but the attempt goes high over the crossbar. 

La Roma tries to emerge with the quality of its players, who gradually manage to gain possession of the ball and gain meters of pitch. Some forays from the left cause concern to the hosts, but the crosses of Tsimikas they lack a bit of precision. Koné In the 23rd minute he tries to find a solution from outside the area, but shoots high over the crossbar. The Nice defense is worried, but also saves the attempts before dovbyk, then of SouléThe Rossoneri were anything but on the ropes though: the hosts knew how to react and in the 27th minute Sanson he takes the foul that is worth a warning for Manu Koné.

The central phase of the first half passes without any particular excitement, but in the 38th minute Roma's flash arrives to try to unlock the match. Beautiful descent by Mancini in the area, who however chooses the cross instead of the shot from inside the small area to try dovbykThe Ukrainian just misses the target, but the action remains alive and on the cross of Tsimikas the same Italian central defender heads the ball in DioufIt would have been Roma's lead, but the goal was rightly disallowed for Mancini's offside when he crossed. 

In the final minutes there were few goal-scoring opportunities, with Silker having to intervene only on one occasion on the shot deflected by Boudaoui. On the other hand, however, two more yellow cards arrive for the Giallorossi, directed at El Aynaoui e N'Dicka, thus ending the first half with three players on the referee's bad books. Despite this, however, the score at the end of the first half remained the same at 0-0.

A change at half time for the Roma: enter Lorenzo Pellegrini, author of the winning goal in the derby, while not leaving the locker room El ShaarawyThe first few minutes were very intense and broke the balance that had been established in the first half of the match. First, the Nice, with N'Dicka to have to sacrifice himself on the right of Boudaoui to avoid problems Silker. However, the turning point is just around the corner and the goal that unlocks the match is scored by the Roma. At 50' Pellegrini flirts with the lead, but his header remains weak and central. The header from N'Dicka Two minutes later, following a corner kicked by the number 7 midfielder, the Ivorian defender attacked the near post and beat everyone else to the score, giving Roma the lead.

The Roman team, however, is not satisfied and insists, even doubling the score. A beautiful move launched by the recovery of Mancini, perfected by Koné. Tsimikas He receives the ball on the outside and crosses it for the perfect insertion of the Italian defender, who followed the action very well and with a long right foot shot scores the 0-2 for the Giallorossi. Nice on the ropes and then Smell a triple change is played with the entries of clause, Diop e Moffi to detect Boudaoui, Sanson e CarlosThe Giallorossi however kept their foot on the accelerator and in the 64th minute it was Soulé to worry Diouf with his left foot: he blocks the Nice goalkeeper in two stages.

La Roma He tries to get into game management after the outburst at the start of the second half. Gasperini opts for a triple change, inserting Ferguson, Crystalline e pisilli, they leave the field dovbyk, Koné e Soulé. The newcomer himself pisilli but he falls asleep at the end Mendy on a ball that was going out of play. The 2004-born midfielder of the Roma he is anticipated and commits a foul against the opponent in his own penalty area, the result is a penalty for the Nice. He introduces himself from the diskette Moffi, whose left foot is powerful in crossing, Silker He senses it but can do nothing: it's 1-2 at the Allianz Riviera with just under a quarter of an hour left in the match.

Complicated ending for the Roma, with the hosts pushing hard to find the equaliser. The Giallorossi also received a yellow card. Tsimikas before the last changes of the race: in Nice the time comes for Abdi e Cho to detect Boce e Bard; in Roma instead there is Beautiful for RenschThe Spaniard was immediately booked moments after coming on, but it was a necessary yellow to stop an opponent's counterattack. The Romans struggled in the four minutes of injury time, but managed to maintain their lead and secure their first three points of the season. Fernandez Square he whistles three times and thus seals Roma's success at the Allianz Riviera, Nice defeated 1-2 with goals from the defenders N'Dicka e Mancini to give to Gasperini the first three European points of his experience with the red and whites.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

38' Highlight from Nice vs Roma

52' GOAL! Nice 0-1 Roma (Evan Ndicka)

55' GOAL! Nice 0-2 Roma (Gianluca Mancini)

76' Penalty Goal! Nice 1-2 Roma (Terem Moffi)

Line-ups

Nice XI: Dante, Sanson, Jérémie Boga, Yehvann Diouf, Bard, Hicham Boudaoui, Charles Vanhoutte, Antoine Mendy, Kevin Carlos, Tom Louchet, Juma Bah

Subs: Jonathan Clauss, Maxime Dupé, Ali Abdi, Terem Moffi, Sofiane Diop, Isak Jansson, Tiago Gouveia, Salis Abdul Samed, Mohamed-Ali Cho, Bartosz Zelazowski, Moïse Bombito, Kojo Peprah Oppong

Roma XI: El Shaarawy, Zeki Çelik, Artem Dovbyk, Mile Svilar, Tsimikas, G. Mancini, N'Dicka, Neil El Aynaoui, Manu Koné, Devyne Rensch, Matías Soulé

Subs: Cristante, Gollini, Angelino, Hermoso, Pellegrini, Evan Ferguson, Daniele Ghilardi, Wesley Vinícius França Lima, Niccolò Pisilli, Giorgio De Marzi