Paulo Dybala is back in goal and Daniele de Rossi’s Roma only know how to win to climb the Serie A table

Paulo Dybala was once again the man in the mask. The fact is that the gesture that he immortalized with every goal celebration had been interrupted for 20 days after a muscle injury that left him out midway through the match. dismissal of José Mourinho. This Monday, the new version of the capital team continued the positive trend since the landing of Daniele de Rossi and it is partly thanks to the contribution of the world champion from Cordoba, fundamental for Salernitana’s 2-1 away success, last in Serie A.

The position in the standings did not prevent the Roman team from encountering unspeakable difficulties in defending their lead at the end of the match, as already happened last day against Verona on De Rossi’s debut on the Giallorossi bench.

But the lack of effectiveness of Salernitana, a team that has only managed to win two games this season, avoided disappointment for Roma who, if there was one thing that stood out during the trip to Arechi, was its effectiveness.

The team from the capital, in fact, converted the only two shots between the three posts scored in the entire match into goals: the penalty scored by Dybala, in the 51st minute, for a handball by Giulio Maggiore, and that by captain Lorenzo Pellegrini , who scored the 0-2 a quarter of an hour later, also with a magical intervention on Córdoban’s stick. It was the seventh goal in 20 games this season for the player who left Instituto

Quite the opposite of Salernitana, who led by the former Lazio player Antonio Candreva and with the entry of the Argentine Agustín Martegani, contested on more than one occasion, albeit without success, the goal defended by the Portuguese Rui Patricio.

But when everything seemed to be resolved for the Roman team, in the 70th minute came the goal (1-2) from the Cypriot Grigoris Kastanos, which gave unexpected emotions to the final minutes in which Roma were able to suffer to prevent Salernitana from achieving the equaliser.

Roma – who did not have Leandro Paredes, who was suspended – are in 5th place with 35 points, one less than fourth-placed Atalanta (with one game less), which marks the qualifying positions for the next Champions League.

On the horizon is a new match against a team from the lower area, Cagliari, next weekend, before De Rossi’s first big test against Inter on 10 January at the Stadio Olimpico.