At 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 11, the 32nd round of Serie A ushered in a match, and Roma faced Salernitana at home. Roma's record this season is decent, ranking 5th, and there is a certain gap with the top 4 teams, and it is extremely difficult to rush into the Champions League. For Roma, it would be nice to be able to keep the 5th place. Roma's match this time is bottom team Salenitana. Facing opponents of this level at home, Roma's minimum goal is to win, and although the process is very difficult, Roma still wins.
Mourinho lined up in a 3421 formation for this game. Patricio served as the starting goalkeeper. Kumubra, Smalling and Roger Ibanez are paired at 3 defenders. Karlsdorp, Christant, Oliveira and Sharawi form a four-midfielder. The attacking combination of Mkhitaryan, Gian and Tammy Abraham joined forces. Shomurodov, Zaniolo and Zalevsky sat on the bench.
Shortly after the game began, Mkhitaryan cut inside the penalty area and kicked it a little straight, and the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 12th minute, Edsson Silva advanced to the front of the penalty area with the ball, he pulled out his foot and fired furiously, with great strength, Patricio saved the ball. Eight minutes later, Roma played a sharp counter-attack, and Mkhitaryan received a cross in the middle and pushed directly into the bottom right corner, slightly offside. In the 21st minute, Roma conceded the ball! Relying on a set-piece chance, Ribery flicked the ball and Radovanovic fired straight in, the ball drilled into the goal like a cannonball. This world wave gives Salernitana the lead.
In the 35th minute, Mkhitaryan was knocked down from behind by his opponent in the penalty area, but the referee did not show any indication. Eight minutes later, Chombo fouled and VAR confirmed that the foul was outside the penalty area and awarded Roma a set-piece without a penalty. Rome has been subject to a series of controversial penalties. Mourinho exploded! At half-time, Roma were 1-0 behind. Roma had 63% possession in the first half, with 5 shots on target and 2 shots on target, failing to score. Salenitana only had two shots on goal in the first half and scored one goal.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 55th minute, Zaniolo fired a powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area that was deflected. Five minutes later, Gian's close-range header deflected wide of the bar, and Roma once again wasted the perfect chance to equalize. In the 63rd minute, Zaniolo burst into the right side of the penalty area, faced with a two-man bag, he forced a shot, hit the far corner, and the ball was again slightly offside. In the 72nd minute, Castanos fired a powerful shot inside the penalty area and the goalkeeper saved the ball. In the 81st minute, Perez fired from outside the box and the ball drilled into the goal like a cannonball. In the 84th minute, Roma scored again! Smalling grabbed the point and scored, completing the kill! It's incredible! Roma scored 2 goals in 3 minutes to complete the extreme counterattack! In the end, Roma beat Salernitana 2-1.