Bologna remains in contention for Champions League place with a ...
ROME (AP) — New Roma coach Daniele De Rossi stretched his record to four wins in six matches with a 3-0 victory at Frosinone in Serie A on Sunday.
Using more offensive tactics than Jose Mourinho, his predecessor, De Rossi has moved Roma up from ninth to sixth place to put the Giallorossi back in contention for a spot in Europe.
Roma’s only loss under De Rossi was a wild 4-2 defeat to Italian leader Inter Milan last weekend.
Roma took the lead late in the first half when 18-year-old center back Dean Huijsen took the ball at midfield and showed off some fancy dribbling skills before unleashing a long shot into the top corner.
Huijsen, who is on loan from Juventus, mimicked Cristiano Ronaldo’s leaping goal celebration and then put a finger to his lips to silence the crowd, drawing a yellow card. Huijsen had initially planned to join Frosinone before Roma called last month.
Midway through the second half, Sardar Azmoun doubled the advantage by turning in a rebound of a shot from Bryan Cristante. And then Leandro Paredes converted a penalty after a handball was called on a shot from Tommaso Baldanzi.
There was more encouraging news from Roma when center back Chris Smalling came on for the final minutes in his first appearance since September due to a knee injury.
BOLOGNA 'S WINNING STREAK
Bologna remained in contention for a Champions League place with a 2-1 comeback victory at Lazio.
Oussama El Azzouzi and Joshua Zirkzee scored for Bologna after Gustav Isasksen had given Lazio an early advantage.
Bologna’s fourth straight victory moved it back into fifth place, level on points with fourth-place Atalanta. Lazio remained eighth.
Lazio complained to league officials about the early lunchtime kickoff coming four days after a victory over Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League last 16.
Fiorentina was held to a 1-1 draw at Empoli in a Tuscan derby, and Udinese and Cagliari also drew 1-1.
Later, AC Milan had a chance to leapfrog Juventus into second place with a win at neighboring Monza.
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