Serie A: Roma vs Sassuolo Player Ratings as El Shaaraway injury time goal helps AS Roma to go to the top of Serie A
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Serie A: Roma vs Sassuolo
AS Roma didn’t have the best of the starts in the game as Sassuolo was attacking right from the beginning. But 37th minute setpiece goal by Cristante helped Roma give the edge. But in 2nd half Djuricic goal ensured that Sassuolo is back in the game and after that they created many chances but couldn’t score.
Mourinho masterclass substitution of bringing El Shaaraway helped Roma to score in the injury time and take the game 2-1. Also, currently Mourinho’s men are at the top of the league.
AS Roma:
Rui Patricio (GK) (8/10): Patricio made some very good anticipatory goal saves and created some very impactful defensive build up throughout the game.
Matias Vina (6/10): Vina was finding it difficult to hold the attacking front of Sassuolo. In the entire game, he made one interception and was unable to build provide support to the midfield
Roger Ibanez (7/10): Ibanez made some teriffic passes to Tammy Ibrahim and Pellegrini to create goal scoring opportunities. He also made three important clearances to dent Sassuolo goal scoring chances
Gianluca Mancini (7/10): At centre back position he had 94% pass completion and helped to track back Boga to stop from scoring
Rick Karsdorp (7/10): Lorenzo was sharp and active throughout the game. He had 86% pass completion and stopped some dangerous counter attacking chances
Jordan Veretout (7/10): Veretout was tactically moving well without the ball but with the ball, his movements were slow.
Bryan Cristante (7/10): At central midfield position, Cristante showed great mobility with the ball and created some great chances. He scored a smart goal of setpiece in the 1st half for Roma
Henrik Mkhitaryan (6/10): Mkhitaryan couldn’t create much chances in the game for Roma. In the 1st half, there was a counterattacking chance created by unable to make it into a goal scoring opportunity
Lorenzo Pellegrini (7/10): Pellegrini made some intelligent passes in the game and also created some great chances for Mkhitaryan and Abraham to score. He took an intelligent on ground freekick to setup the 1st goal for Roma
Niccolo Zaniolo (7/10): Throughout the game, Zaniolo was sensational with his runs in the spaces. He made three important clearances and won two crucial tackles
Tammy Abraham (7/10): Even as a striker, Tammy Abraham showed his overall skills as a footballer both on attacking and defensive front. He had two shots on goal and made three key passes
Substitutes:
El Shaaraway (7/10): He produced the magical moment for Roma after coming as a substitute and scored a very important winner at the injury time.
Eldor Shomurodov (6/10): He came from bench at 74th minute and provided the very important assist to El Shaaraway to get the winning goal for Roma
Carles Perez (7/10): Even though he played for 16 minutes, he made some great passes in the midfield and had 75% pass completion
Bryan Reynolds (N/A):
Sassuolo:
Andrea Consigli (GK) (7/10): Consigli was wall for Sassuolo at the goal. He made five important saves and had 94% pass completion
Rogerio (6/10): Rogerio was looking very loose in the game and didn’t have much impact. He made two fouls and had only 72% pass completion in the game
Gian Marco Ferrari (6/10): At the centre back position, Ferrari was spot on to track down Tammy Abrahan movements and also intercepted opportunities created by Pellegrini
Vlad Chiriches (7/10): Chiriches was very good tactically as center back. He made two important clearances and one critical interception which denied a definite goal from Pellegrini
Jeremy Toljan (7/10): Toljan made some very smart runs during the attacking situations for Sassuolo and even at the defensive front, he was able to track down Mkhitaryan from goal scoring positions
Maxime Lopez (6/10): Lopez was very active and had an excellent game in attacking front. He made three key passes and had 95% passing accuracy
David Fratessi (6/10): Fratessi looked lack lustre in his stint on the pitch. He was unable to track and hold the build up play of Zaniolo and Pellegrini
Jeremie Boga (7/10): With the ball, Boga was excellent. His runs were penetrative and also created some impressive goal scoring opportunities for his team
Filip Djuricic (7/10): Djuricic scored the all important equalizer goal for Sassuolo in the 2nd half. But apart from that his passing and movements were not very impactful to create more chances
Domenico Berardi (7/10): Berardi controlled the midfield very effectively. He created the important assist for Djuricic to score the goal in 2nd half
Giacomo Raspdori (7/10): In the game, Raspdori couldn’t put shots on goal but he helped Boga to create the chances to score goals
Substitutes:
Gianluca Scamacca (6/10): In the 2nd half substitution, Scamacca was brought in to increase the penetration at the attacking front but he failed miserably
Gregoire Defrel (7/10): Defrel came as a substitute for Berard and in his 13 minutes of play, he had 86% passing accuracy but couldn’t create any chance to score goals for Sassuolo
Hamid Junior Traore (N/A):
Kaan Ayhan (N/A):
Georgios Kyriopoulos (N/A):
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