😱 Cardiff hit four, Roma KO! Horror first half, Wesley-Svilar mix-up | OneFootball

Roma's friendly in Wales against Cardiff did not have a happy ending. Gian Piero Gasperini's men were in fact beaten 4-1 by the club that plays in the English Championship.

The Cardiff City-Roma friendly that kicked off at 16:00 was broadcast live in co-exclusive coverage on OneFootball.

After the 3-3 draw against Cannes, the Giallorossi are still having to wait for a win. Their next matches will now be against Newport County (4 August at 19:00) and Brighton (8 August at 15:00).

💥 Cardiff hit four, Tanner gets on the scoresheet too

Gasperini's team failed to change gears and conceded again six minutes later. Tanner had acres of space, easily got past Ndicka at the edge of the box and then beat Svilar.

🔥 Dybala pulls one back, Roma make it 1-3

In the 58th minute Roma got back into the game through Paulo Dybala, who scored to make it 1-3.

La Joya took advantage of a brilliant individual play from Mati Soulé, who cut inside from the left into the box and pulled the ball back for his compatriot, who side-footed it into the net.

📸 Roma very careless: first two goals were surreal

The first two goals conceded by the Giallorossi deserve a special mention.

The deflection for the 1-0 was clumsy, while Wesley's back-pass for the second was disastrous, catching Svilar off guard and forcing him to kick the ball straight at the opponent. The capital club looked really sluggish in the first half.

😱 HORROR first half: Roma down 3-0

With a line-up full of regular starters, Roma made a terrible start against Championship side Cardiff. Gian Piero Gasperini's team went into half-time trailing 3-0.

In addition to Cian Ashford's brace in the 3rd and 39th minutes and Yousef Salech's goal in the 30th, Paulo Dybala also missed a penalty in the 35th minute.

A low, weak and central effort, easy for Trott to save.

✅ Official line-ups: Castro starts

Santiago Castro and Bah started, while the attacking midfield pairing was all left-footed with Dybala and Soulé.

CARDIFF: Trott; Ng, Osho, Chambers, Bagan, Robertson, J. Colwill, Ashford, Tanner, Willock, Salech. Coach: Barry-Murphy

ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Rensch, Bah, Cristante, Wesley; Dybala, Soulé; Castro. Coach: Gasperini.

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