🔥 Roma show: four past Fiorentina, Champions League race on! Malen 🪄 | OneFootball

Roma overwhelm Fiorentina at the Olimpico and throw the Champions League race wide open again.

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The Giallorossi dominated from start to finish, handing a brutal lesson to an unrecognizable Viola side, guilty of an embarrassing display and never truly in the game.

The match was decided early: Mancini opened the scoring with a header from a corner after Malen had hit the crossbar, then Wesley doubled the lead with a first-time right-footed finish from a Hermoso assist. The third came from the Spaniard himself, timing his run perfectly to finish off a superb move set up by Koné. After the break, Malen, despite not scoring and after hitting the woodwork twice, dazzled with a Quaresma-style trivela assist for Pisilli, who completed the 4-0 rout.

With this win, Roma move up to 64 points and are right back in the Champions League race: one point behind fourth-placed Juventus and three behind third-placed Milan. For Fiorentina it is a heavy defeat, though made slightly easier to take by the standings: the Viola are still virtually safe thanks to their +9 cushion over the relegation zone, with the only bright spot being young Braschi, who came on at half-time and immediately went close with an effort off the post.

🔚 Roma triumph: the Champions League race is wide open!

Roma climb to 64 points and throw the Champions League race completely open again: with three matches left, the Giallorossi are just one point behind fourth-placed Juventus and therefore the key European spot, and three behind third-placed Milan. It is a wide-open battle, made even more intriguing by Como, who are only two points behind the capital club.

For Fiorentina, meanwhile, the defeat matters less also thanks to Cremonese’s loss: the Viola are now just a step away from safety, with a reassuring +9 over Giampaolo’s side and only 9 points still available.  

⚽ Incredible Malen: TRIVELA assist for Pisilli, Roma make it four!

MINUTE 58 - He has not scored, but Malen is unplayable tonight, just as he has been since arriving at Roma.

The Dutchman clips a delicate outside-of-the-boot ball, a Quaresma-style trivela that cuts across the whole box and arrives perfectly at the far post: Pisilli times his run to perfection and heads it down past De Gea, capping off a move born from a piece of top-quality skill.

⚠ Malen, another crossbar: De Gea denies the goal!

MINUTE 52 - Donyell Malen is denied his 12th Serie A goal once again by the crossbar, this time with De Gea also playing his part with a great save. Two efforts off the woodwork tonight, his first two since playing in Serie A.

1️⃣ First official Serie A appearance for Braschi, who hits the post!

MINUTE 46 - At half-time Paolo Vanoli makes three changes and sends on Braschi for his first official Serie A appearance, after his Conference League outing against Rakow, where he also burst into tears at the end of the match.

Just two minutes later, the 2006-born player - a product of Fiorentina’s youth academy, with 17 goals this season for Fiorentina U20 - creates more than all of his teammates had up to that point: he picks up the ball, drifts wide, feints past Celik and then shoots with his right foot, striking the post.!

⚽ Roma make it three: Hermoso gets on the scoresheet too! Embarrassing Viola

MINUTE 34 - The first half is not even over and it already feels like curtains for Fiorentina, who have produced a downright disgraceful performance so far.

Koné breaks through on the right and gets to the byline, then pulls back a firm and accurate ball into the middle of the area: Hermoso arrives perfectly and from close range beats De Gea again. Superb play from the Frenchman and a perfect run from the defender, but once again Vanoli’s players are completely passive and all over the place.

Further proof of a Fiorentina side bordering on the ridiculous even going forward is the first-half xG tally: 0.03!

⚽ Wesley doubles it: 2-0 right away at the Olimpico

MINUTE 17 - Fiorentina once again show the difficulties that have defined their season, and Roma take full advantage without hesitation: the second goal arrives in under 20 minutes.

Well-worked move by the Giallorossi: Soulé controls and feeds Hermoso on the edge of the box, the Spaniard works the ball inside the area and lays it back for Wesley. The Brazilian hits it first time and beats De Gea again. Smooth, precise build-up from Roma, but the Viola cannot allow the ball to travel through their box so easily.

⚽ Malen crossbar, then Mancini scores from the corner!

MINUTE 13 - Roma go ahead straight away and do so through Gianluca Mancini, who does brilliantly to exploit the huge gap left by Fiorentina at the corner.

First spark from Malen, who sends the Fiorentina defence into chaos: he accelerates, takes on his man and shoots, the effort is deflected and crashes against the crossbar! From the resulting corner comes the goal: Mancini beats everyone to the near post and heads past De Gea. Second goal of the season for the Giallorossi defender.

🤗 The Curva Sud back Claudio Ranieri

“One interview does not erase your essence. Eternal gratitude to Claudio Ranieri”: that was the message displayed in the Curva Sud shortly before kick-off, in support of Claudio Ranieri, who a few days ago ended his relationship with Roma by mutual agreement.

🎙️ Massara: "Personal interests must be put aside"

Roma sporting director Frederic Massara spoke to Sky Sport: "The results of the other teams this round keep the Champions League race open, and we are happy to still be in it until the end. It will take a great performance tonight. Future? As Gasperini said, we have always worked with the team’s present and future in mind. From my future, I expect an important result tonight and then on Sunday against Parma and in the remaining matches. Personal interests must be put aside, Roma are at the centre of everything and all our thoughts. Any other distractions would not be productive"

Paratici: "Roma? Fully focused only on Fiorentina"

Fabio Paratici answered questions from Sky Sport journalists: "Roma? It is nice to be linked with these big clubs, but I only arrived at Fiorentina recently and I am totally focused on Fiorentina. Vanoli? We plan to review things with the coach and, as always, everything starts with a unity of purpose. We will talk with him and then try to align ourselves and see whether our ideas match"

✅ The OFFICIAL line-ups

ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, N'Dicka, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante, Koné, Wesley; Soulé, Pisilli; Malen

FIORENTINA (4-3-3): De Gea; Dodò, Pongracic, Ranieri, Gosens; Ndour, Fagioli, Brescianini; Harrison, Gudmundsson, Solomon.

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