The Serie A metropolitan clash was played out at the crack of dawn, with Roma narrowly defeating Lasso 1-0, center back Gianluca Vincenzo scoring with a header from a corner kick. Since taking over the reins in mid-January, Di Ross has guided his side to 26 points from 11 league rounds, second only to the two legends of the three-point system since it was introduced in Serie A in the 1994/95 season for Roma coaches at this stage of the campaign.
Early in the game, Russell missed a good opportunity when Nmobini's angled shot regrettably went out of bounds. In the 42nd minute, Paulo Dabbana took a corner kick and Kianluca Vincenzo jumped up to head the ball home. In the second half, Roma's offense became more and more powerful, after Lucaçu's strong impact, Aizawl had a one-touch chance, but the ball hit the post and bounced out. Nevertheless, Roma was still lucky to get all three points.
Di Ross replaced the sacked Molenu in mid-January and immediately revitalized the Roma team. In the following 11 rounds of the league, they led the way with 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with their only defeat coming against Inter Milan. Not only that, in the early hours of Friday morning (12), Di Ross also led his team into the last eight of the UEFA Europa League, and will meet AC Milan for the first time.
For AC Milan, Gisdian Plesi, Chiote and Rafferrio each scored a goal at home to beat Lecce 3-0 and keep the momentum going with their fifth straight league win.
