Roma takes apart the bottom team

AS Roma comfortably beat bottom club Monza on matchday 26 and is now in close contact with the competition for the international places.

24. February 2025

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The definition of one-way football played out on Monday evening in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome - and the home team came out on top (4:0). Roma didn't give bottom-of-the-table Monza a chance and bagged their third win in a row. Alexis Saelemaekers paved the way for the capital club in their own stadium with a wonderful curler into the left corner of the goal (11th minute). In the 32nd minute, Eldor Shomurodov increased the lead with a spectacular header.

As a result, AS never let go of the reins, firing a total of 23 shots that evening - six of them on the opponent's goal. In the closing stages, Angelino (73') and Bryan Cristante (88') finally sealed the deal. Roma remain in ninth place in the table with 40 points, just two points behind Fiorentina in sixth place, which would mean qualification for the UEFA Conference League.

Serie A, 26th matchday – the results

Venezia - Lazio 0:0

Parma - Bologna 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: 1:0 Bonny (37th), 2:0 Sohm (79th)

Torino - Milan 2:1 (1:0)
Goals: 1:0 Thiaw (ET, 5th), 1:1 Reijnders (74th), 2:1 Gineitis (76th)

Inter - Genoa 1:0 (0:0)
Goals: 1:0 Martinez (78th)

Como – Napoli 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: 1:0 Rrahmani (7th/own goal), 1:1 Raspadori (17th), 2:1 Diao (77th)

Verona – Fiorentina 1:0 (0:0)
Goals: 1:0 Bernede (90.+5)

Empoli – Atalanta 0:5 (0:3)
Goals: 0:1 Gyasi (27th/own goal), 0:2 Retegui (33rd), 0:3 Lookman (43rd), 0:4 Lookman (55th), 0:5 Zappacosta (74th)

Cagliari – Juventus 0:1 (0:1)
Goals: 0:1 Vlahovic (12.)

Roma – Monza 4:0 (2:0)
Goals: 1:0 Saelemaekers (11th), 2:0 Shomurodov (32nd), 3:0 Angelino (73rd), 4:0 Cristante (88th)

	SP	G	U	V	TV	P
1. Inter	26	17	6	3	59:24	57
2. Naples	26	17	5	4	42:21	56
3. Atalanta	26	16	6	4	59:26	54
4. Juventus	26	12	13	1	43:21	49
5. Lazio	26	14	5	7	47:34	47
6. Fiorentina	26	12	6	8	41:28	42
7.Milan	25	11	8	6	37:26	41
8.Bologna	25	10	11	4	38:31	41
9. Roma	26	11	7	8	40:29	40
10.Udinese	26	10	6	10	33:37	36
11. Torino	26	7	10	9	29:32	31
12. Genoa	26	7	9	10	24:34	30
13. As	26	7	7	12	32:41	28
14. Hellas Verona	26	8	2	16	27:54	26
15. Cagliari	26	6	7	13	26:40	25
16. Lecce	26	6	7	13	18:42	25
17. Parma	26	5	8	13	32:45	23
18. Empoli	26	4	9	13	22:43	21
19. Venice	26	3	8	15	22:41	17
20.Monza	26	2	8	16	21:43	14