Dybala superstar in Italy: La Joya scores a hat-trick and makes Roma dream of the Champions League

The Argentine Paolo Dybala He is Roma’s best player Daniele De Rossi and this Monday he gave his team the victory against Torino (3-2) with a hat-trick, the first with yellow and red and the seventh of his career, with which he once again demonstrated his superiority and maintains the dream of returning to Wolf to the Champions League. It was a Dybala performance at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. The match couldn’t be summed up better. Jewel ahead of their compatriots in one of the most important duels of the February calendar, against a direct European rival such as Turin.

After the heartbreaking penalty victory against Feyenoord in the Europa League last Thursday, the routine of Serie A offered Roma – without Leandro Paredes, still injured – the perfect opportunity to prolong their moment of great form, to keep alive their options. League and leaving behind a stubborn rival like the “Toro”, who was trying to get involved in the fight for Europe.

And Dybala seemed to have solved everything on his own. The Argentine, world champion in Qatar 2022, converted the penalty committed against Iranian teammate Sardar Azmoun and showed the way to his teammates, this time forming a line of three central defenders for the Englishman’s return to the bench Chris Smalling.

However, neither the opening goal nor the height of the three starting central defenders could prevent a header from the Colombian. Duvan Zapata in the heart of the area, after a measured center of Raoul Bellanovawhich equalizes the result and dampens the good mood of the locals, left at the mercy of Turin, who is gradually stronger, superior and dominant.

But having one of the most decisive players in the championship is a huge advantage. And when De Rossi needed it most, his star re-emerged with a shot from outside the area that Serbian Vanja Milinkovic-Savic failed to reach.

The Olympic team exploded with its reference, but has not yet finished its particular ‘show’. 20 minutes from the end it was he who dispelled any hint of surprise with an action that he cooked with the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, who served deep so that the Argentine crossed his shot from the left side profile and completed the his hat-trick.

Only an own goal from Spaniard Dean Huijsen in the final minutes revived a match already seen as doomed.

Dybala wants the Champions League, he is determined to play it next season. And with this level of ‘Jewel’, Roma and De Rossi can dream of it. Fourth place is just 4 points away. Torino, for its part, remains tenth, 8 points behind Europe.