AS Roma vs Fiorentina 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AS Roma

26': Henrikh Mkhitaryan
52': Nicolò Zaniolo
64': Jordan Veretout
79': Jordan Veretout

FT
3 - 1

Fiorentina

17': Bartlomiej Dragowski
60': Nikola Milenkovic

Veretout double helps Roma to get off to winning start under Mourinho

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Jordan Veretout's double helped AS Roma to earn a 3-1 victory over his former club Fiorentina in their season opener on Sunday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
12': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Bartlomiej Dragowski (Fiorentina) is shown the red card.
20': Substitution, Fiorentina. Pietro Terracciano replaces José Callejón.
26': Goal! Roma 1, Fiorentina 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
44': Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Fiorentina. Gaetano Castrovilli replaces Youssef Maleh.
52': Second yellow card to Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) for a bad foul.
53': Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Goal! Roma 1, Fiorentina 1. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
64': Goal! Roma 2, Fiorentina 1. Jordan Veretout (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
69': Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
74': Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
79': Goal! Roma 3, Fiorentina 1. Jordan Veretout (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov with a through ball.
84': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces Nicolás González.
84': Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
84': Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Saponara replaces Lorenzo Venuti.
84': Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
87': Substitution, Roma. Edoardo Bove replaces Jordan Veretout.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 26,997

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+31	Internazionale	22	52	4
+18	AC Milan	22	47	1
+14	AS Roma	22	43	7
+11	Napoli	22	43	5

Full Table

Statistics

FIO		ROMA
15	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	1
2	Offsides	4
4	Corner Kicks	4
3	Saves	7
58.3	Possession	41.7
11	SHOTS	11
8	ON GOAL	6
0.7	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
460	Accurate Passes	301
515	Passes	365
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	6
14	Crosses	11
0.4	Cross %	0.5
50	Long Balls	59
40	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.8	Long Balls %	0.5
1	Blocked Shots	0
5	Effective Tackles	10
12	Tackles	13
0.4	Tackle %	0.8
13	Interceptions	11
5	Effective Clearances	16
5	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

AS Roma (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Rui Patrício (GK)
3	Ibañez
23	Gianluca Mancini
5	Matías Viña
2	Rick Karsdorp
7	Lorenzo Pellegrini
17	Jordan Veretout
4	Bryan Cristante
9	Tammy Abraham
77	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
22	Nicolò Zaniolo

Substitutes:

Borja Mayoral, Nicola Zalewski, Amadou Diawara, Edoardo Bove, Gonzalo Villar, Riccardo Calafiori, Stephan El Shaarawy, Marash Kumbulla, Bryan Reynolds, Eldor Shomurodov, Carles Pérez, Daniel Fuzato.

Fiorentina (4-3-3)

No.	Name
69	Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
98	Igor Julio
4	Nikola Milenkovic
3	Cristiano Biraghi
23	Lorenzo Venuti
15	Erick Pulgar
14	Youssef Maleh
5	Giacomo Bonaventura
9	Dusan Vlahovic
22	Nicolás González
7	José Callejón

Substitutes:

Riccardo Saponara, Luca Ranieri, Alessandro Bianco, Pietro Terracciano, Aleksandr Kokorin, Riccardo Sottil, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Alfred Duncan, Louis Munteanu, Marco Benassi, Aleksa Terzic, Gaetano Castrovilli.