Paulo Dybala saves Mourinho’s Roma: penalty goal and victory over Cremonese

Paulo Dybala is a fundamental player for Mourinho’s Roma. The Cordovan started from the bench in the Italian Cup round of 16 match against Cremonese, but in the second half he came onto the pitch and his contribution was fundamental for the team from the capital to overturn the result. around, he will qualify for the quarter-finals that he will face Lazio next Wednesday.

Roma are experiencing a very irregular season. They are seventh in Serie A with 28 points (beating Napoli and losing to Juventus), the last place that qualifies for the Conference League. In the Europa League he qualified for the round of 16, where he will play against Feyenoord (15 and 22 February). And in the Italian Cup he cannot afford a stumble.

The afternoon was difficult for the team led by José Mourinho (titled Leandro Paredes). Frank Tsadjout He opened the scoring for Cremonese at the end of the first half and generated nervousness and concern at home. The murmur in the Olimpico was deafening.

In the second half, however, Mourinho sends Dybala onto the pitch and The Cordoba native changed the face of the team. In the first he had, after two minutes, faced the center from the right and left Lukaku one-on-one. But the Belgian controls badly and the goalkeeper stifles his cry. Then El Shaarawy made it, but his shot went over the crossbar.

The equalizer came in the 21st minute, when Dybala commanded the attack on the right and touched Sardar Azmoun who allowed Lukaku and this time the attacker born in Antwerp 30 years ago made it 1-1.

Around the 40th minute Spinazzola enters the area from the left, receives the foul and referee Luca Pairetto does not hesitate to whistle for the foul. The one who was responsible for the auction was Paulo Dybala who gave Roma the victory with a left cross, impossible for the Danish goalkeeper Andreas Jungdal.

In the end it was the incredible missed goal The Shaarawy, when Jungdal had gone to the rival area in search of a heroic equalizer.

Mourinho celebrates with clenched fists It was proof enough of what the group suffered yellow and red. Roma, led by Dybala, reached the quarter-finals to start 2024 with a smile and will now have a hot classic to take another step and go in search of a title they haven’t won since 2008.