Niccolo Gianniolo poked fun and led Roma to a comfortable 4-0 win over Bodo Glimt with a hat-trick in the first 49 minutes to send them into the Conference League semi-finals against Leicester.
Roma suffered a lot in their first three games against Bodo Glimt in Conference League with a result of 1 draw and 2 losses (the first one was even more shameful after conceding six goals away in the group stage), but in the end it was she was like that, smiling broadly.
And that’s because it showed its quality and experience on the pitch in the game that counted the most, as Jose Mourinho’s side pulverized the Norwegian champions 4-0, led by Niccolo Gianniolo (hat-trick) and last place was 4 of the Conference League, where he will meet Leicester.
The game
The two defeats (in an aggregate score of 8-2) in Norway and the home draw (2-2) in Olimpico, in their three games so far this year against Bodo Glimt, left the Roma players stubborn and broke out on Thursday night .
The Jalorosi hit the accelerator from the opening minutes, looking for the goal that would level the pair and only found it in the 5th minute when a cross from Gianniolo and Haykin’s inability to block found Ibrahim lurking and an empty spot House made it 1-0.
That goal gave Roma a boost, who then lost chances with Pellegrini and Ibrahim to go 2-0 in 23 when a vertical pass from Pellegrini gave Gianniolo a left-wing run through the opposition keeper, giving his team a qualifying result.
Before the first half-hour was over, the game at Olimpico had already turned into a party when Zalevski (a Primavera player who was promoted to the first-team by Mourinho this year) put on an impressive individual performance and served Gianniolo, who wrote the post with a great ditch 3-0.
This result lasted until the final of the first part and was absolutely representative of the difference in quality between the two teams in the game, while Gianniolo’s crescent finished in 49′ to ‘lock’ qualification.
This time it was Cristante who fed him and the Italy international once again laid bare the Norwegians’ defense to roller-shoot into the opposition’s penalty area and score with a left-hand volley to make it 4-0 and celebrate his first hat-trick with the Roma shirt in front of 60,000 fans of his team.
This goal essentially ‘ended’ the game and any fears of the Romans regarding the qualifying event, with the visitors throwing in a white towel in disappointment and Roma completely controlling the game until the last second to claim the 4-0 victory and to seal the victory qualification to the top four teams of the newly formed organization.
Roma: Patricio, Mancini, Smalling, Ibanieth, Carsdorp, Cristante, Michitarian (85′ Vertu), Pellegrini (76′ Oliveira), Zalevski (86′ Maitland-Niles), Giannolo (60′) Afera (60′)
BODO GLIMT: Haykin, Sampsted, Moe (61′ Bonifatius), Heibraten, Webangomo (89′ Kvile), Wetlesen, Hagen, Saltnes, Kumsson (73′ Embuka), Espejord (61′ Larsen), 88′ Nolbark
The results of the first quarterfinals
The results of the second quarterfinals
