Roma 2-0 Cagliari: Malen's spectacular brace consolidates their 5th position

Game is over and the final score is Roma 2-0 Cagliari. Malen the predator unleashed his power on scrambling and dedicaetd execution as a center forward. His brace helps Roma remaning 5th on the table.

Match Report:

Donyell Malen scored in each half as Roma beat Cagliari 2-0 and stayed in touch with the chasing pack at the top of Serie A on Monday.

Leader Inter Milan was eight points clear of city rival AC Milan and nine ahead of reigning champion Napoli. Roma was three points further back along with Juventus.

Dutch center forward Malen had scored only once in four appearances since joining on loan from Aston Villa in January and he proved his worth on Monday with two excellent finishes.

He ran on to a clever through ball from Gianluca Mancini and his deft chip over the goalkeeper was equal to the set-up pass.

His second was more of a poacher’s effort as he got on the right side of a packed defense to turn in a low cross 20 minutes after the break.

The result served as a confidence booster ahead of next weekend’s crunch tie at Napoli.

Cagliari, which was seeking a fourth consecutive Serie A win for the first time in more than a decade, remained 12th.Match Events

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24' GOAL! Roma 1-0 Cagliari (Donyell Malen)

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65' GOAL! Roma 2-0 Cagliari (Donyell Malen)

79' Highlight from Roma vs Cagliari

Line-ups

Roma XI: Cristante, Zeki Çelik, Pellegrini, Mile Svilar, G. Mancini, N'Dicka, Malen, Daniele Ghilardi, Matías Soulé, Wesley Vinícius França Lima, Niccolò Pisilli

Subs: Gollini, Angelino, Tsimikas, Neil El Aynaoui, Devyne Rensch, Bryan Zaragoza, Jan Ziolkowski, Radoslaw Zelezny, Lorenzo Venturino, Antonio Arena

Cagliari XI: Mazzitelli, Zé Pedro, Alberto Dossena, Michel Adopo, Gaetano, Elia Caprile, Esposito, Adam Obert, Semih Kılıçsoy, Marco Palestra, Juan Rodríguez

Subs: Pavoletti, Alen Sherri, Gabriele Zappa, Giuseppe Ciocci, Ibrahim Sulemana, Riyad Idrissi, Agustín Albarracín, Joseph Liteta, Othniël Raterink, Yael Trepy, Paul Mendy