Roma won 2-1 in Moscow and seriously grabbed their access to the final sixteenth of the Champions League. Now the Giallorossi will just make a point with Real Madrid and Viktoria Plzen to be sure of the passage of the round, but it could be enough even in case the CSKA does not make six points in the last two races. To mark the victory of the Giallorossi the seals of Manolas and Lorenzo Pellegrini, as well as a very good game of Kluivert. Well, in the end, also the young Zaniolo. For the Russians, however, the good races of Ahmetov and Oblyakov are not enough, also because of the expulsion to 11 'of the recovery of Magnusson for double yellow.
DECIDE KOSTAS - Di Francesco opted for Florenzi alto, inserting Santon as a full-back and raising the young Kluivert in a left attack. Goncharenko, however, must do without Dzagoev, which this time does not even go on the bench (as in the first leg, at the Olimpico, when he only entered the final). The game is immediately good for the Giallorossi, who at 4 'are already ahead with Manolas, good at head to bag a corner of Pellegrini and to anticipate a not perfect Akinfeev in the exit. The CSKA, however, does not collapse, indeed, try to immediately raise the center of gravity and to press the Roma from the bottom of the field. Ahmetov has good ideas, Vlasic is always dangerous, but Mario Fernandes must immediately leave the field due to injury after a clash with Kolarov (blow to the head for the Brazilian national Russian). On the other hand, however, the advantage paradoxically creates some embarrassment to Rome, in the sense that the team of Di Francesco ends up too low, often leaving the ball of the game to opponents. Russian forcing, however, produces almost nothing but a shot from outside Vlasic to the side and a header from Bijol in the arms of Olsen.
To touch the doubling is instead the Roma with Florenzi, who at the 29 'devours the 2-0 face to face with Akinfeev: the Giallorossi joker first recovers well ball in midfield, then receives on the way the return pass (smart) Kluivert but falls just in time to beat a surefire. Two minutes later Dzeko kicked high from a good position (after Akinfeev's save from Kolarov's free-kick), while in the 40th minute CSKA had his golden chance: Oblyakov penetrated the area, Manolas extremis and Shennikov head high to empty port.
The shot opens up between the fireworks, with Kluivert as the main protagonist. The Dutch immediately gives a ball with the tachometer to Dzeko that the Bosnian does not exploit properly, just as happens then also at 17 '. Shortly before, instead (11 ') he had always forced Magnusson to the second yellow (and therefore to the expulsion) to avoid that the Dutch went in door alone.
Before and after the CSKA draw and the new advantage of Rome: in the 5 'is Ahmetov to do the whole field and to serve Sigurdsson the right ball, with the Icelandic that left anticipates Santon and right burns Olsen; at 14 'instead a wrong shot of Cristante becomes a perfect assist for Pellegrini (in suspected offside), which recovers the coordination in the race and exceeds Akinfeev left. With the extra man and again in the lead for Roma it seems all easier (Fazio dangerous to head), but in the final leaves too much to the Russians, who try on a couple of occasions with Oblyakov and Khosonov. In the final in Jesus to cement the defense, with Roma in the space has another couple of good opportunities to close the accounts. Then ends with the Giallorossi to celebrate a qualification now a step.
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