Roma recorded a confidence-boosting 4-1 victory at house towards Serie B outfit Sampdoria within the Spherical of 16 on Wednesday evening, as Artem Dovbyk, Tommaso Baldanzi and Eldor Shomurodov arrange a quarter-final assembly with Milan.
Ranieri after the 2-0 loss to Como in Serie A over the weekend, as 5 outfielders saved their place, however Saud Abdulhamid, Enzo Le Payment, Manu Kone, Stephan El Shaarawy and Paulo Dybala dropped out of the beginning line-up. There was additionally a debut for Matthew Ryan within the Giallorossi internet.
Leonardo Semplici made much more alterations to his Sampdoria facet, making 9 modifications general after his staff’s 0-0 draw with Spezia in Serie B on Saturday.
Tommaso Baldanzi got here shut simply 4 minutes in after a twisting and turning via the Sampdoria defence earlier than stinging Paolo Vismara’s gloves from the sting of the six-yard field.
Dovbyk obtained his first aim since early November by getting an outstretched foot onto Alexis Saelemaekers’s depraved low cross in from the suitable flank for 1-0.
The identical mixture led to Roma’s second aim of the evening, as Nicolo Pisilli discovered Saelemaekers with an exquisite cross-field ball, earlier than the Belgian despatched in one other harmful cross from the suitable flank.
Melle Meulensteen, son of former Manchester United assistant Rene, initially turned it onto his personal crossbar earlier than Dovbyk nodded house into an empty internet from shut vary.
Baldanzi carried the ball from the midway line to the sting of the world on his personal earlier than dispatching a beautiful end into the underside right-hand nook for Roma’s third aim of the evening.
Sampdoria’s aim got here courtesy of a horrible piece of Roma defending. A somewhat tame cross was despatched into the sting of the world, none of Roma’s defenders might take care of it, and Yepes discovered himself via one-on-one with a easy end previous Ryan.
Roma got here again preventing; Matias Soule hitting the crossbar with an exquisite effort from 30 yards out, earlier than the summer season signing fed Dovbyk one-on-one for his hat-trick, just for Paolo Vismara to drag out a wonderful save to disclaim him.
Roma made it 4 with simply over 10 minutes of regulation time left to play. Seconds after approaching to interchange Dovbyk, Shomurodov lept effectively and dispatched a strong header after an important cross in from Angelino off the left flank.
Because of their victory on Wednesday evening, Roma will go on to face Milan within the quarter-finals, that are at present as a result of happen on February 5, 2025.
Full-time: Roma 4-1 Sampdoria
Dovbyk (R) 9’, 19’, Baldanzi (R) 24’, Yepes (S) 61’, Shomurodov (R) 79’.
