Claudio Ranieri lastly obtained his first win of this Roma stint, beating Lecce 4-1 with Alexis Saelemaekers, Gianluca Mancini, Nicolò Pisilli and Manu Koné heading in the right direction.
The Giallorossi had been coming off 4 consecutive Serie A defeats, two of them beneath Ranieri together with the thrilling 2-2 Europa League draw at Tottenham. Artem Dovbyk and Bryan Cristante had been , so Stephan El Shaarawy moved into assault with Paulo Dybala and Saelemaekers. Lecce had been nonetheless unbeaten beneath new coach Marco Giampaolo, recent from a draw with Juventus, however Antonino Gallo, Lameck Banda, Balthazar Pierret, Nicola Sansone, Kevin Bonifazi, Filip Marchwinski and Jeppe Corfitzen didn’t make the journey.
Dybala nearly scored on the fifth minute with a looping header that Wladimiro Falcone misjudged, having to flap it off the road and onto the upright.
Saelemaekers had his first begin since a fracture in September and broke the impasse when he obtained on the top of a disguised Stephan El Shaarawy slide-rule move and managed to steer it round Gaby Jean to dribble into an empty internet from a tough angle.
after simply 24 minutes and Roma saved pushing, as Saelemaekers noticed his effort deflected extensive and on the ensuing nook Dybala redirected an Evan N’Dicka header, forcing Nikola Krstovic right into a determined goal-line clearance.
Moments later, Lecce obtained a penalty when substitute Saud Abdulhamid clumsily crashed into Lassana Coulibaly on the Ante Rebic help. Krstovic transformed firing into the highest nook to equalise with the primary spot-kick awarded to the Salentini this season.
Saelemaekers hesitated on a Dybala move and allowed Gaby Jean to cost down his scuffed end, then after the restart was denied by Falcone one-on-one when despatched by means of by Leandro Paredes.
Dybala’s angled drive flashed extensive and Nicolò Pisilli off the bench noticed his effort parried by Falcone’s legs, however Roma restored their benefit when Gianluca Mancini with a diving header managed to succeed in El Shaarawy’s cross earlier than Federico Baschirotto from 10 yards.
The Giallorossi added a 3rd when Patrick Dorgu gave it away to spark the counter, Abdulhamid making up for the penalty error by pulling again for Pisilli to brush first-time into the underside nook from 12 yards together with his proper foot.
Mats Hummels made two glorious sliding tackles on Mohamed Kaba and Krstovic, whereas El Shaarawy blasted simply over after a nook.
Roma made it 4-1 late on when Kialonda Gaspar slipped and appeared to very badly sprain his proper knee, as Pisilli laid it off for Manu Kone to chop inside and drill residence from inside the realm. Gaspar needed to be stretchered off and that might be the season over for him.
Medon Berisha nonetheless almost made it 4-2 in stoppages with a screamer that smacked in opposition to the upright.
It was the primary victory for Ranieri on this third completely different stint on the Roma bench, which was additionally his one centesimal profession recreation as their coach.
Roma 4-1 Lecce
Saelemaekers 13 (R), Krstovic pen 40 (L), Mancini 59 (R), Pisilli 66 (R), Koné 86 (R)
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