Paulo Dybala, goal from a penalty and protagonist of the victory of Roma fighting for the Champions League in Italy

Paulo Dybala is the thermometer of Rome. The world champion from Cordoba was the figure this Sunday, including the goal, of a team that gathered strength at home by beating Sampdoria 3-0 and landing at Inter in the fight for Champions League qualification, in the stretch of the Serie A final.

José Mourinho’s darling pays off with goals and good performances. Even with his punch, like the one he demonstrated in the penalty converted for his team’s second goal, deceiving goalkeeper Nicola Ravaglia.

But he also had one 86% effectiveness, eight key passes, one chance created, 4/4 dribbles made and 7/10 games won. When Dybala is activated, the match flows differently for the Roman team.

It was Gini Wijnaldum who opened the account and El Shaarawy closed it, taking advantage of the numerical superiority because Sampdoria had expelled the Colombian Jeison Murillo, for a second yellow card.

The Roman team has redeemed itself from the two consecutive defeats suffered in Serie A in recent days at the expense of a weak Sampdoria which remains stuck in the dangerous zone of the standings, penultimate, with fewer and fewer options to obtain permanence.

Mourinho leapt onto the Olympic green with an unusual four-man line-up, in which he trained with Diego Llorente, due to injuries and expulsions that depleted the Giallorossi squad in view of this trap game for a team capable of competing with the most strong but which tends to suffer and lose points in games, a priori, in which it should be superior.

This time there was no surprise. But, even so, ‘Loba’ had trouble tipping the scales, once again struggling to score, at least in the first act, squandering the numerous chances he generated in the first act, mostly from set pieces, with Dybala protagonist with measured shots and Llorente unexpected finisher.

In fact, the former Real Sociedad, Real Madrid or Leeds player was about to open the scoring with a great corner kick that forced Ravaglia to stretch to avoid a goal that part of the stadium took for granted given the trajectory spherical

However, the clearest of the first act didn’t come from the dead ball. It was a combined play that ended up at the feet of a Wijnaldum who crashed into the post, but then claimed his personal revenge with a goal that completed his great game in midfield with Matic, complicating Mourinho’s decision for upcoming matches in the league. midfield.

The ‘Samp’ managed by Dejan Stankovic, a former player of the legendary Inter managed by Mourinho himself who made history with the Treble in 2010, resisted, booed by the Olímpico for his past with the Lazio shirt. Not even Mourinho was able to silence them in regards to what was his pupil, now his rival.

But the Genoese team’s resistance didn’t last long. Everything collapsed when, in the 52nd minute, Murillo saw his second yellow card, giving Roma carte blanche to show themselves superior. Wijnaldum takes four minutes to inflict damage with a header, making good an assist from Matic from the left profile.

‘Samp’ sinks even further and Roma dominates the match, managing their strengths but without forgetting the goal, aware that the advantage is minimal. After several failed attempts, it was Dybala who converted the penalty caused by the omnipresent Wijnaldum to give Mourinho serenity. Already with ‘Sampdoria’ delivered, El Shaarawy, with a left-footed profile, took advantage of another pass on goal from Matic to make the third with a first shot at the far post and seal the victory.

The victory places a Roma who are 50 points behind Inter and who can sleep in the ‘Champions’ as long as Milan don’t beat Napoli, the absolute leader.