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| Paulo Dybala of AS Roma greets Jose Mourinho head coach of AS Roma and kisses his hand during the Serie A match between AS Roma and AC Monza at Stadio Olimpico on August 30, 2022 in Rome, Italy. |
Paulo Dybala put on a
show for a packed Stadio Olimpico crowd on Tuesday night as La Joya scored his
first two goals for the capital club in a 3-0 win over struggling Monza that
sent the Giallorossi to the top of the Serie
A table.
Dybala’s double, which
took his overall haul to 100 Serie A goals, was followed by a Roger Ibanez
header as Jose Mourinho’s side cruised past the rock-bottom visitors, who are
yet to pick up a point.
The Argentina
international raced onto a Tammy Abraham nod-on for the opener, taking the ball
in his stride before finishing clinically by dispatching a shot into the far
corner.
Dybala then marked his
Serie A century shortly after the half-hour mark when he slid in to divert the
ball into an empty net after Michele Di Gregorio had parried an Abraham effort.
La Joya shot straight
at Di Gregorio early in the second half to squander the chance of a hat-trick,
but Roma soon made it three when Roger Ibanez headed home from a corner.
Andrea Belotti came on
for the final 10 minutes to make his Roma debut and was denied a debut goal by
Di Gregorio, who somehow kept out the former Torino captain’s volley from six
yards with his legs.
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