AS Roma vs Lecce, 2023-24 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AStoppage-time goals earn Roma 2-1 win at home against Lecce
Stoppage-time goals by Sardar Azmoun and Romelu Lukaku earned AS Roma a last-gasp 2-1 home win against Lecce in Serie A on Sunday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 2': Penalty conceded by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
- 3': VAR Decision: Penalty Roma.
- 5': Penalty saved. Romelu Lukaku (Roma) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Cristante.
- 8': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma).
- 8': Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 9': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
- 9': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Hamza Rafia (Lecce).
- 11': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Offside, Roma. Gianluca Mancini tries a through ball, but Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 14': Foul by Edoardo Bove (Roma).
- 14': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Mohamed Kaba (Lecce).
- 16': Houssem Aouar (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Lameck Banda (Lecce).
- 17': Paulo Dybala (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Lameck Banda (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 18': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
- 18': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt missed. Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Kaba.
- 24': Attempt blocked. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Cristante.
- 24': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Marin Pongracic.
- 25': Attempt missed. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Edoardo Bove following a corner.
- 25': Attempt saved. Houssem Aouar (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 25': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Wladimiro Falcone.
- 26': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Ylber Ramadani.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Bryan Cristante (Roma) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Houssem Aouar with a cross.
- 27': Edoardo Bove (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 27': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
- 27': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 29': Attempt missed. Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Kaba.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Edoardo Bove (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 31': Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rick Karsdorp.
- 32': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Lecce).
- 32': Romelu Lukaku (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Edoardo Bove (Roma).
- 33': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Foul by Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma).
- 37': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pontus Almqvist.
- 42': Foul by Evan Ndicka (Roma).
- 42': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
- 45': Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Roma 0, Lecce 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Roma 0, Lecce 0.
- 46': Foul by Edoardo Bove (Roma).
- 46': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
- 49': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Foul by Edoardo Bove (Roma).
- 51': Lameck Banda (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt missed. Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohamed Kaba.
- 54': Attempt saved. Marin Pongracic (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 54': Attempt saved. Romelu Lukaku (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
- 54': Foul by Edoardo Bove (Roma).
- 54': Hamza Rafia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Krstovic.
- 56': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Evan Ndicka.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Nikola Krstovic (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lameck Banda.
- 60': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Evan Ndicka.
- 61': Foul by Paulo Dybala (Roma).
- 61': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Substitution, Lecce. Antonino Gallo replaces Patrick Dorgu.
- 62': Substitution, Lecce. Joan González replaces Hamza Rafia.
- 65': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
- 65': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Offside, Lecce. Wladimiro Falcone tries a through ball, but Nikola Krstovic is caught offside.
- 67': Attempt saved. Lameck Banda (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonino Gallo.
- 68': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
- 68': Attempt missed. Gianluca Mancini (Roma) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paulo Dybala with a cross following a corner.
- 70': Substitution, Roma. Renato Sanches replaces Edoardo Bove.
- 72': Goal! Roma 0, Lecce 1. Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lameck Banda following a fast break.
- 73': Substitution, Roma. Sardar Azmoun replaces Houssem Aouar.
- 73': Substitution, Lecce. Gabriel Strefezza replaces Lameck Banda.
- 74': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Antonino Gallo.
- 75': Foul by Mohamed Kaba (Lecce).
- 75': Renato Sanches (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Renato Sanches (Roma).
- 76': Joan González (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Renato Sanches (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 77': Attempt saved. Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza.
- 77': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
- 77': Paulo Dybala (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 78': Substitution, Roma. Andrea Belotti replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
- 78': Substitution, Roma. Nicola Zalewski replaces Rick Karsdorp.
- 78': Substitution, Roma. Rasmus Kristensen replaces Gianluca Mancini.
- 79': Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 80': Substitution, Lecce. Ahmed Touba replaces Pontus Almqvist.
- 80': Substitution, Lecce. Roberto Piccoli replaces Nikola Krstovic.
- 81': Ahmed Touba (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Attempt missed. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 87': Diego Llorente (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce).
- 87': Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
- 88': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Lecce).
- 88': Sardar Azmoun (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Hand ball by Diego Llorente (Roma).
- 89': Diego Llorente (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Gabriel Strefezza (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Valentin Gendrey.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 89': Offside, Lecce. Mohamed Kaba tries a through ball, but Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
- 90': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
- 90': Mohamed Kaba (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Lecce).
- 90'+1': Renato Sanches (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Goal! Roma 1, Lecce 1. Sardar Azmoun (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski with a cross.
- 90'+2': Foul by Nicola Zalewski (Roma).
- 90'+2': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Goal! Roma 2, Lecce 1. Romelu Lukaku (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
- 90'+6': Romelu Lukaku (Roma) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, Roma 2, Lecce 1.
- 0': Match ends, Roma 2, Lecce 1.
Statistics
 LEC |
ROMA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 18 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 39.1 | Possession | 60.9 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 253 | Accurate Passes | 407 |
| 334 | Passes | 507 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 10 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 36 |
| 25 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 7 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 15 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 34 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 34 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 64,790
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 64,790
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | +13 | 25 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 9 | +8 | 18 |
| 3 | Juventus | 9 | +10 | 17 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 9 | +11 | 16 |
Line-Ups
AS Roma (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 14 | Diego Llorente  |
| 5 | Evan Ndicka |
| 23 | Gianluca Mancini |
| 4 | Bryan Cristante |
| 52 | Edoardo Bove |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy |
| 2 | Rick Karsdorp |
| 90 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 22 | Houssem Aouar |
| 21 | Paulo Dybala |
Lecce (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 6 | Federico Baschirotto |
| 5 | Marin Pongracic |
| 13 | Patrick Dorgu |
| 17 | Valentin Gendrey |
| 20 | Ylber Ramadani |
| 8 | Hamza Rafia |
| 77 | Mohamed Kaba |
| 9 | Nikola Krstovic |
| 22 | Lameck Banda |
| 7 | Pontus Almqvist |
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