Mancini at De Rossi and a perfect race: Rome from Champions, for Udinese it's a nightmare | First page

There is no longer Udinese. Instead, there is a splendid Roma, a Roma from Champions, able to play for more than an hour with one man less (absurd expulsion of Fazio on 31 ') and to mark the beauty and the greatness of three goals in 10, after making the 1-0 in a numeric way.There has never been a game in Udine. Tudor's team was crashed in every respect, technical, tactical, athletic, physical and above all mental. He took 11 goals in the last two games, blatantly defeated in Bergamo (1-7) and continued in front of his people in this nightmare that could lead to the exoneration of Tudor. Rome has been exciting. He did nothing wrong, he played an attacking, technical and fantasy kick. The three victories and the two draws in the last five races have dragged her into the Champions-area, now she is fourth at -2 by Atalanta and a first play-off against Napoli is scheduled for one point on Saturday.

THE CHANGES – In the midst of an emergency, Fonseca had little room for movement. Compared to the victory with Milan he made only two changes, Santon for Spinazzola (which was not one hundred percent) and Kluivert for Perotti. Tudor confirmed the whole team buried by Atalanta's 7 goals, except for the disqualified Opoku and put Ter Avest in his place. The intent was clear: he wanted the redemption from the same men wounded in pride, which instead remained buried somewhere.

FRIULAN NIGHTMARE – Udinese seemed immediately a team in psychological difficulty, the 7 goals taken in Bergamo were still in the eyes, in the head and on the back of the Friuli. Rome instead gave the opposite feeling. He built on the agile technique of Pastore, finally recovered at his levels, he leaned on Mancini who, following the intuition of Fonseca, held a position at … De Rossi, in front of the defense, with the two power plants widening when the ex atalantino was starting to set the action. With Zaniolo on the right and Kluivert on the left, the team flew over the two bands. In the midst of the two, Dzeko's job of bank and physicist put even more trouble in a defense already in the grip of his terrors. A torpedo of Pastore out of nothing was the first red and yellow signal

ZANIOLO, E TRE – Udinese claimed a penalty for a quicker intervention by Santon on the fastest Sema, but Irrati judged well (this time …). On the second occasion, Rome has passed. Kolarov's vertical ball, Samir pushed him between his legs, Zaniolo hooked him, bet Musso and beat him: it was the third goal in three straight matches of the young Roman player. End of Udinese, assuming that it existed before the goal: not even Irrati's subsequent decision brought her back to life.

VAR, THAT IS BAD – On the counterattack, Pastore could double, Zaniolo also came close a minute before the Pistoiese referee made an absurd decision, the expulsion of Fazio (31 ') for an intervention on Okaka. Having said that Fazio was guilty of being late to the touch of De Paul (the only point of his talent in a race torment), the foul was not really there, so no red, no yellow, no punishment. Instead, outside Fazio and De Paul's punishment on the barrier. Irrati stayed for two minutes talking to the headset with Mazzoleni, at the Var, but he never saw the action again. Why? We will also remain unanswered this time. In ten, Fonseca has set Mancini back on the defensive line alongside Smalling and from 4-1-4-1 has moved to 4-4-1.

DAY FRIULAN – At the beginning of the second half, Tudor put the most offensive (hypothetically speaking …) Barak instead of the trotting (realistically speaking …) Mandragora. But the second defeat in four days was around the corner. In the field, with one man less, there was only Rome. The paratona of Musso on Kolarov's free kick at 3 'was the warning to sailors (we would say to the shipwrecked) not collected by the bianconeri. Veretout corner, Becao and Lasagna's free-kick, Smalling's ball on the feet and 2-0. First goal of the former Manchester in Serie A. For Udinese it ended there, despite 40 'still to play with one more man. The 3-0 was a masterpiece of counterattack, from area to area, 6 touches, 20 seconds in all: Mancini, Kolarov, Mancini, Dzeko, Pastore's rocket start, Kluivert, dry dribbling on Ekong, ball on pole and network. Between 2-0 and 3-0, just 158 ​​seconds had passed, just to make people understand the mental breakdown of Friuli. The 4-0 penalty for an absurd handball by Becao, transformation of the specialist Kolarov: since his arrival at Roma (summer 2017), he is the defender who has scored more goals in the 5 major European championships, with that of Udine he arrived at 14.

Udinese-Roma 0-4 (first half 0-1)
Markers: 14 ’p.t. Zaniolo, 6 ’s.t. Smalling, 9 ’s.t. Kluivert, 20 ’s.t. Kolarov
Assist: 14 ’p.t. Kolarov, 9 ’s.t. Shepherd
Udinese (3-5-2): Musso; Becao, Ekong, Samir; Ter Avest (10 ’s.t. Nestorovski), Mandragora (1’ s.t. Barak), Jajalo, De Paul, Sema; Lasagna (34 ’s.t. Pussetto), Okaka. All. Tudor.
Rome (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Santon, Smalling, Fazio, Kolarov; Mancini, Veretout; Zaniolo (33 ’s.t. Florenzi), Pastore (25’ s.t. Cetin), Kluivert (28 ’s.t. Perotti); Dzeko. Fonseca All.
Referee: Irati of Pistoia
Booked: 3 ’p.t. Mancini (R), 33 ’p.t. Dzeko (R), 35 ’p.t. Okaka (U), 2 ’s.t. Jajalo (U), 5 ’s.t. Barak (U), 23 ’s.t. De Paul (U)
Expelled: 32 ’p.t. Fazio (R)