Roma-Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0: a goal in each half and the Giallorossi are in the playoffs

Rome 30 January 2025 - A win was needed to avoid making calculations and get back into the top twenty-four and that's what the team did. Ranieri. A goal in each half and the Rome surpasses by 2-0 theEintracht Frankfurt, thus avoiding elimination from theEuropa League. Angelino he unlocks it in the first half, Shomurodov he closes it in the second half and now we await tomorrow's draw to find out who the Capitoline team will face in the play-off to enter the round of 16.

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First half

For this last day of the championship phase of Europa League, Claudio Ranieri opts for his standard formation, thus avoiding an early elimination. In front of Silker then he returns as owner Hummels, XNUMX Mancini right and N'Dicka to the left. Saelemaekers runs on the right wing, Angelino on the opposite one, with Koné e Paredes in the middle of. Dybala e Pellegrini the supports behind dovbykThe team lined up in a mirror Toppmoller, with captain Staircase between the posts, protected by Collins, cook e Theater to form the rearguard. Kristensen e Knauf they are the two outside, with skhiri e Larsson as midfielders. Chaibi e Baha'ya the two attacking midfielders behind Ekitike.

La Rome immediately tries to take control of the game. Prolonged possession and deep passes to take the outside players from behindEintracht by the Giallorossi, while the Germans prefer faster verticalizations. The objective of both teams is to punish the inattentions of the opposing defense with one-on-ones in depth. One of these is committed by Saelemaekers, pierced by the opponent's cut and forced to stop him with a foul: the Belgian was cautioned after just 6'. Apart from the blunder of the former Bologna player, however, the Roma line seemed to suffer little at the start of the match. 

The first chance of the match is truly Roman and arrives around the quarter of an hour of play. The Capitoline team breaks through through the middle with a nice throw from Paredes for PellegriniThe captain makes a mistake in the control, but it becomes a bank for Angelino, who crosses for dovbyk, but on the Spaniard's strong ball the Ukrainian's shot from a few steps away is high above the crossbar. The Roma centre forward despairs at the missed opportunity. Rome but he can't get distracted, because even though he never loses control of the game, in the 23rd minute he risks conceding a goal. Cross from the three-quarter line by Baha'ya perfect for inserting Larsson, lost by N'Dicka, and header from the Swede: super save from Silker to deflect the ball over the crossbar.

The great thrill for the Rome However, the game does not make the Giallorossi drool, who do not lose their composure. The Capitoline team holds the ball in their hands and they are the ones who consistently attack the depth, while the Germans suffer from the Giallorossi's ball possession. The team tries to accelerate at the end of the half Ranieri and manages to unlock the match. First in the 35th minute Mancini hits the post after a header in the area on a cross from a corner by Dybala, then he thinks about it Angelino to score the goal that gave Roma the lead. Cross from three-quarters of the pitch by Mancini to reward the beautiful insertion on the far post by the Spanish winger, who hits it hard on the fly keeping the ball low to the ground. They touch first Staircase, then a defender, but the ball still ends up in the back of the net, rewarding the final push of the Rome. A few seconds after the celebration for the goal comes the double whistle of Obrenovic, with the first half ending 1-0 for the Giallorossi.

Second half

No changes at half-time, the teams resume the match with the same twenty-two protagonists of the first half. Immediately a scare for the Roman defence, pierced by the nice insertion of Ekitike: the attacker initially jumps Silker, then the Roma goalkeeper recovers and blocks the ball on the second control. The Belgian goalkeeper of Serbian origin is still attentive when the one who enters is Theater, the defender's header however is central and blocked by the Giallorossi number 99. Compared to the first half, the German team takes much more of the field, while the Capitoline team on several occasions is forced to defend in their last sixteen meters.

The minute is the 61st minute of play when Ranieri opts for the first changes of the race: they enter Crystalline e Soulé, which they note Paredes e Saelemaekers. The Germans responded a few minutes later with a triple substitution: the time has come for Dahoud, Nkounkou e Uzun to detect Larsson, Baha'ya e KnaufThe Giallorossi's response is entrusted to the entrance of Shomurodov for dovbyk. The move of Ranieri proves to be a winner, with a nice combination in depth that leads to the Giallorossi doubling their lead. Soulé comes out with two nice plays from the pressure of theEintracht Frankfurt, then opens very well for the cut of the newly entered Uzbek. The Asian attacker initially seems to be recovered by Collins, but before the opponent's final disengagement he manages to anticipate him with a touch that goes beyond Staircase coming out and settles at the bottom of the net after giving a caress to the inside post. Surprisingly it's 2-0 Rome, the signature is that of Shomurodov, Eintracht Frankfurt on the ropes.

On the unexpected doubling of the Rome, the team tries to react Toppmoller, while the coach tries to give further impetus by changing the offensive vertex. He leaves the match a dull one Ekitike, enters the game in his place Matanovic. A few minutes later the last two Giallorossi substitutions also arrive, they enter the field Steel e pisilli, they go out Pellegrini e Dybala; in the Roma line-up the Turk goes on the right wing and Soulé takes the place of Joya in the three-quarter position. Substitutions also exhausted by Frankfurt in the 83rd minute when Eba Bekir comes on to take over Chaibi.

The pace was decidedly slow in the last five minutes plus injury time, where the Germans played the ball around, but without showing any particular offensive intuition. Rome on his part he closes well and tries to recover, without exposing himself. Thus we arrive without further shocks at the 94th minute when, after the recovery time, Obrenovic whistles three times and makes Roma's success official. The team of Ranieri avoids elimination and with this victory gives itself an important boost in the standings, awaiting tomorrow's draw. For the Germans, this defeat does not compromise their standings, the formation of Frankfurt in fact it is among the top eight and will enter the knockout stage only from the round of 16.