Top and flop: Dybala above all, Paredes, Saelemaekers and Angelino were the key tactical players of the match. Disaster Mihaila and Balogh who concede two penalties
Claudio Ranieri gives a new one for Christmas Roma to the Giallorossi fans. At the Olimpico there is an early celebration after the 5-0 defeat inflicted on Parma. Fourth victory in a row at home in the championship and cups, a very strong sign of recovery for the Capitoline club, which is leaving the crisis behind. One man show Paulo Dybala who scores two goals and has a hand in almost all the others. Joya opens it from the spot in the 7th minute. Double Saele makers in the 13th minute with a right-footed volley to the near post. Three more goals arrive in the second half. Dybala again taking advantage of a rebound in the area, then Walls and Dovbyk they redeem themselves and participate in the goleada with respectively a penalty kick and a tap-in in the 83rd minute following a delightful assist from Dybala. The Argentine is the best on the pitch and dismisses the transfer rumors that he is about to say goodbye to go to Galatasaray. The Giallorossi move up to 11th place with 19 points; Parma remains in 16th place but at 15, just one point away from the relegation zone and now Fabio Pecchia really risks being sacked.
Roma-Parma, the tactical key of the match
In the Romafielded by Ranieri with the usual 3-4-2-1returns Dovbyk from 1' in the championship after two days: behind him Dybala and El Shaarawy with Pellegrini still on the bench. On the exteriors there is space for Saelemaekers and Angelino while in the middle of the field there is another return, that of Paredeswho he will pair with Kone. In front of Svilar the trio will be made up of Mancini, Hummels e Ndickapreferred to Hermoso as left arm.
In the Parmaon the field with the 4-2-3-1, Delprato he returns to the center of defense to partner with Balogh; on the external lanes there are instead Coulibaly e Valeri. In front of the defensive line they will act Sohm in Hernani while in the trio behind Bonny they find their place from 1′ Haj and Almqvist with Hand. Initial bench for Cancellieri while Estevez has also been added to the already long list of injured players, which includes Bernabé and Charpentier.
The Giallorossi make themselves dangerous through play on the outside: Angelinoon the left, find space in depth and it comes too easily several times to the cross towards the center of the area. The Parma he can't stop this tactical hole as Coulibaly plays too narrow in line with the central defenders and Dennis Man he doesn't lower himself adequately in the defensive phase, to cover the enormous spaces left on his wing.
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Roma-Parma, statistics and precedents
In the comparison between coaches Parma it's the second most team faced in Claudio Ranieri's career: 30 matches, with 14 successes, 8 draws and 8 defeats. The Giallorossi coach challenged Pecchia four times, obtaining two victories, a draw and a defeat. The Parma coach met Roma twice, in the 2017/2018 season when he sat on the Hellas Verona bench, losing both matches.
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Montella, Tommasi and Candela return to the Olimpico
Vincenzo Montella, Damiano Tommasi and Vincent Candela, protagonists of Roma's historic scudetto in 2001 (obtained with the success against Parma at the time), they returned to the Olimpico to watch the amarcord match. When the cameras showed the three champions on the stadium screens, the audience responded with a standing ovation and a exciting roar, celebrating three unforgettable icons of Giallorossi history.
Roma's tops and flops
- Dybala 9. He scored a brace and won a penalty kick at the start of the match: thus sending a clear transfer message to Roma regarding his possible stay until the end of the season. Assist for Dovbyk to make it 5-0.
- Angelino 8. He proved to be the tactical key to the match thanks to the movements he carried out on the left wing and the crosses towards the area.
- Saelemaekers 7.5 He scores a goal by volleying to the near post, after a cross-assist from Angelino directed to the far post.
- Dovbyk 7. He found the net again in Serie A after a month and a half of abstinence thanks to an assist from Dybala.
- Svilar 6.5. In the 17th minute he made a sensational save on a Hernani shot from almost 30 metres.
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Parma's tops and flops
- Michael 4 He came on in the 70th minute and was awarded a penalty shortly after due to a misplaced push in the penalty area on Saelemaekers.
- Balogh 5. In the 7th minute he gives Roma a penalty for tripping Dybala in the area.
- Man 5.5. He doesn't fall back adequately in the defensive phase and leaves too much space for Angelino to restart.
- Camara 6. Close to a sensational goal with a high right-footed shot from distance in the 66th minute: it hits the crossbar.
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