Udinese overwhelmed 3-0, Roma tries to win back the fans

Roma tries to put out the fire of the last few days, ignited by the dismissal of Daniele De Rossi, scoring their first win of the season under the guidance of the new arrival Ivan Juric. At the Olimpico, amidst some boos and a peaceful protest (a half-hour strike by the Curva Sud), the Giallorossi overwhelm Udinese 3-0 on matchday five of Serie A: the deciding factors were Dovbyk’s second consecutive goal, Dybala’s penalty and Baldanzi’s first Roma goal.

The team from the capital thus rises to 6 points, while the Bianconeri, at the top of the standings before this matchday, remain in second place with 10 points with Napoli, both overtaken by Torino at 11. Amid the silence of the most fervent fans and a few whistles coming from other sectors of the stadium, without any reference to the resignation of former CEO Lina Souloukou, the Giallorossi immediately gave some encouraging signals by bringing great pressure to the Friulian half of the pitch.

El Shaarawy misses a deflection in front of goal on an assist from Pisilli, then in the 8th minute it is Dovbyk who forces Okoye to take a venomous shot into the area. Roma’s deserved lead comes in the 19th minute thanks to the Ukrainian giant, who receives a vertical pass from El Shaarawy and with a perfect left-footed diagonal strikes the goalkeeper for 1-0. In the rest of the first half not much happens, but at the start of the second half Roma pushes again and immediately earns a penalty: Bijol touches Dybala in the area, the Argentine himself takes charge of the kick and makes it 2-0.

A few moments later Cristante also comes close to scoring the third, but Okoye is good at saying no to him on a header, then on the rebound a scramble in the area not exploited by Dovbyk and Cristante himself (everything was stopped due to the Ukrainian being offside). Udinese tries a timid reaction, reaching the conclusion first with Brenner and then with Ekkelenkamp, ​​but both attempts do not scare Svilar.

The Bianconeri created their biggest chance in the 65th minute with a counterattack concluded by Thauvin’s left foot, on which this time the Giallorossi goalkeeper was forced to make a great save. Five minutes later Juric’s team closed it out with a new arrival: a nice exchange between Dovbyk and Baldanzi, the young Azzurri player received the ball in the area after a handball by Bijol and fooled Okoye with his left foot for the 3-0. In the final minutes, a possible brace was also cancelled out with a ‘chip’ by Dovbyk, who was stopped for offside on a through ball by Paredes.