Serie A | Roma 1-0 Verona: Shomurodov does enough

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Apr 19, 2025 4:36 PM ET

An early Eldor Shomurodov goal set up by Matias Soulé was enough for Roma to see off Verona and resume the push for European qualification.

The Giallorossi wanted to keep their 16-game unbeaten run going, but had slowed down recently with 1-1 draws against Juventus and rivals Lazio. Paulo Dybala and Saud Abdulhamid were still out of action, with Artem Dovbyk not at 100 per cent. Hellas missed Casper Tengstedt and Aboud Harroui, while Tomas Suslov and Cheikh Niasse were only fit for the bench.

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It was a bright start from Hellas, as Amine Sarr and Jackson Tchatchoua sprinted at defenders to create chances, but Roma took the lead when Bryan Cristante’s cross-field pass was controlled by Matias Soule, who shrugged off Nicolas Valentini and chipped the on-rushing goalkeeper for Shomurodov to bundle over the line from point-blank range.

Soule tested Lorenzo Montipó at the near post when cutting inside Domagoj Bradaric, while Daniel Mosquera scuffed the finish at Mile Svilar from a promising position, then had a header deflected for a corner.

After the restart, Mosquera shrugged off Gianluca Mancini to surge forward and his curler was deflected just wide, while Tommaso Baldanzi’s right-foot finish flashed off target at the other end.

Dovbyk came on and immediately threatened a goal, gathering from Manu Kone with his back to goal, turning on a sixpence to drill inches wide of the near post.

Roma 1-0 Verona

Shomurodov 4 (R)

19-04-2025 19:45 MatchDay 33 Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Verona Live 1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Eldor Shomurodov (Assist: Matìas Soulé)

4' 12' Antoine Bernede 2nd half

57'

Nicolás Valentini Roma Verona

Starting lineups

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 3

Angeliño Defender 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 19

Zeki Celik Defender 56

Alexis Saelemaekers Midfielder 70' 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 63' 14

Eldor Shomurodov Attacker 82' 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 82' 1

Lorenzo Montipò Goalkeeper 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 42 Diego Coppola Defender 12

Domagoj Bradaric Defender 6 Nicolás Valentini Defender 80' 27

Pawel Dawidowicz Defender 57' 24

Antoine Bernede Midfielder 57' 33

Ondrej Duda Midfielder 80' 9 Amin Sarr Attacker 35 Daniel Mosquera Attacker

76' 38 Jackson Tchatchoua Attacker

Substitutes

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 15

Mats Hummels Defender 16

Leandro Paredes Midfielder 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper 27 Lucas Gourna-Douath Defender 34

Anass Salah-Eddine Defender 66 Buba Sangaré Defender 70 Giorgio De Marzi Goalkeeper 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 63' 11

Artem Dovbyk Attacker 70' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 82' 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 82' 8

Darko Lazovic Midfielder 5

Davide Faraoni Defender 22

Alessandro Berardi Goalkeeper 20

Grigoris Kastanos Midfielder 34 Simone Perilli Goalkeeper 4 Flavius Daniliuc Defender 7 Mathis Lambourde Attacker 72 Junior Ajayi Attacker 2 Daniel Oyegoke Defender Tobias Slotsager Defender 31

Tomas Suslov Attacker 57' 25

Suat Serdar Midfielder 57' 10

Cheikh Niasse Attacker 76' 3

Martin Frese Defender 80' 14

Dailon Rocha Livramento Attacker

80'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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