Daniele de Rossi started his coaching tenure in Roma with a victory, he received an ovation before the start of the match with Verona, which will be remembered for the banners of support that the fans gave to Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese was fired on Tuesday, but Roma's audience will not forget that he brought them the European trophy (in the Conference League), as well as that he led to the finals in the Europa League last season.
"Vučica" won 2:1 after dominating the first half and having a two-goal lead (it could have led more convincingly), and then survived the attacks of the guests who missed a penalty in the middle of the second half...
Romelu Lukaku i Lorenzo Pellegrini scored in the 19th and 25th minutes, Verona missed a chance to reduce the score to 2:1 through Milan Đurić from the penalty spot, but did it in the 76th when the Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio underestimated Mihael Folorunš's shot from about 25 meters.
Verona threatened until the end, Roma defended with all their might and saved three points.
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