Roma – Football Flame

6Mar

By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

Gianluca Mancini, Roma, SERIE A

Roma beat Juventus, boost hopes for Serie A top four

Gianluca Mancini of AS Roma celebrates with his team mates after scoring a goal during Italian Serie A soccer match between AS Roma and Juventus FC at Stadio Olimpico on March 5,2023 in Rome Italy.Gianluca Mancini’s stunning strike has proven enough to give Roma a 1-0 win over Juventus in Serie A, despite the visitors hitting the woodwork three times. Mancini struck early in the second half of Sunday’s match to help Roma move into fourth place in Serie A in a tight fight for the Champions League qualifying spots. There was further misery for Juventus as substitute Moise Kean was sent off in the final minute, seconds after coming off the bench, for violent conduct. Roma are above fifth-placed AC Milan on goal difference alone after the defending champions lost at Fiorentina on Saturda...

1Mar

By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

Jose Mourinho, Roma, SERIE A

Roma boss Jose Mourinho blames fourth official for seeing red in Cremonese loss

Jose Mourinho, Head Coach of AS Roma, receives a red card from Referee Marco Piccinini during the Serie A match between US Cremonese and AS Roma at Stadio Giovanni Zini on February 28, 2023 in Cremona, Italy.A furious Jose Mourinho blamed the fourth official for being sent to the stands as his Roma side lost to previously winless Cremonese in Serie A. The Portuguese saw red for the third time this season just seconds into the second half of the match after clashing with the fourth official. Mourinho joined his assistant Salvatore Foti in the stands, with the latter serving a touchline ban himself for using insults when these two sides met in the Coppa Italia. Roma were trailing 1-0 at the time after Frank Tsadjout struck the hosts in the 17th minute. “I’m not crazy. For the rea...

10Nov

By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

Roma, SERIE A, Tammy Abraham

Abraham breaks goal drought in Roma win

Tammy Abraham of AS Roma after the Serie A match between US Sassuolo and AS Roma at Mapei Stadium - Citta' del Tricolore on November 9, 2022 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy.England World Cup hopeful Tammy Abraham has scored his first Serie A goal since September, netting for Roma in a 1-1 draw at Sassuolo. Abraham – who has won 11 caps for the national side – rose highest to head in a cross from Gianluca Mancini in the 80th minute but Andrea Pinamonti equalised for Sassuolo with a swift counterattack five minutes later. Abraham, who scored 27 goals across all competitions last season in a breakout performance upon arriving at Roma after falling out of favour at Chelsea, has struggled to find the target this term. He scored one Serie A goal in August, one in September. His only other goal for ...

7Nov

By Silver EmmanuelNo Comments

Jose Mourinho, Lazio, Roma, SERIE A

Lazio, Juventus surge up Serie A ladder

Maurizio Sarri of SS Lazio hugs Jose Mourinho of AS Roma during the Serie A match between AS Roma and SS Lazio at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy on 6 November 2022.Jose Mourinho and Maurizio Sarri are going in opposite directions in their second Serie A seasons in the Italian capital.Roma are struggling to meet the higher expectations produced in Mourinho’s first term when the Giallorossi won the inaugural edition of the Europa Conference League.Lazio, meanwhile, are on the upswing as Sarri’s squad fine-tunes his intricate passing schemes.The difference was clear in the Rome derby on Sunday when Sarri’s Lazio edged Mourinho’s Roma 1-0 with an early goal from Felipe Anderson to leapfrog their city rivals and move up to third place.“This is one of the most intense derbies in the world. In Lond...