Roma 1-0 Cagliari: Oliveira shines on his debut

A week after the shock of the home game against Juventus (they lost 3-4 despite leading 3-1), Roma returned to “Olimpico” and this time wowed their fans.

He did so by beating Cagliari 1-0 in the 22nd game of Serie A, with Jose Mourinho’s side returning to success after back-to-back defeats and a negative streak of three league games.

The person who drew the most attention was none other than Sergio Oliveira. Not only because the Portuguese midfielder made his debut for the side of the eternal city a few days after taking over from Porto (on loan with an option to buy), but also because he judged the game and scored a penalty in the 33rd minute.

However, the Romans failed to achieve high standards of performance and struggled to secure Walter Maccari’s victory over Cagliari (it came from back-to-back wins that put him within reach of the line of salvation) in the 85th minute, a golden opportunity to make it 1-1, but Joao Pedro’s attempt was – with the help of Patricio – stopped by the crossbar.

It is worth noting that 17-year-old Greek stopper Dimitris Keramitsis made his debut with the Roma shirt coming on at 90+4′ in place of Maitland-Niles, while for Cagliari sides Lykogiannis folded in the 80th minute instead of Dalbert.

Roma: Patricio, Maitland-Niles (90+4′ Keramitsis), Mancini, Koumboula, Vina, Vertu (90+4′ Beauvais), Oliveira, Michitarian, Gianniolo (86′ Karsdorp), Ibraham, Afenau-G)

CALIAR: Cranio, Jaapa, Altare (89′ Galliano), Goldaniga, Carboni, Marin, Deiola, Dalbert (80′ Lykogiannis), Pereiro (69′ Nantes), Pedro, Pavoleti

The results of the 22nd game:

The highlights:

Salernitana – Lazio 0-3

Sampdoria – Torino 1-2

Juventus-Udinese 2-0

Sassuolo-Verona 2-4

Venice – Empoli 1-1

Rome 1-0 Cagliari

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