Roma tied without Dybala - Soccer - ANSA Latina

2022-07-30 04:54:05 By : Mr. Jason Ma

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 23 - Rome today tied 1-1 with Nice in their last pre-season friendly in Portugal in which the announced debut of Argentine Paulo Dybala in the "giallorosso" club jersey did not take place.Bilal Brahimi put the French team ahead at 41' in Albufeira, while Franco-Gabonian Mario Lemina, against his fence, equalized at 55'.With this draw, Roma closed their pre-season tour in Portugal with a positive result, as they won another two and lost the remaining friendly they played in their preparation for the start of the championship in August.Although many expected it and some announced it, Dybala's debut in José Mourinho's team finally did not take place because the Portuguese coach considered it unnecessary to take risks by sending him to the ring for at least a few minutes.The "Jewel", who watched the game from the stands, will continue with his physical preparation thinking about the possibility of debuting with Roma on July 30 against Tottenham Hotspur in Haifa, Israel, as part of the I-Tech Cup. The squad returned to the capital today and after enjoying a break on Sunday, will return to training from Monday.The last "Calcio" champion, Milan, fell in another friendly played in Hungary against Zalaegerszegi, who won 3-2 with three goals in just 26 minutes.A wake-up call for "rossonero" coach Stefano Pioli, as his team showed some defensive misunderstandings and managed to discount before the end of the first half with a penalty from Frenchman Olivier Giroud.In the complement, when he sent some of the usual starters to the field, Milan improved and reached the discount four minutes from the end thanks to a goal from Bosnian Rade Krunic, which allowed him to close the friendly leaving an image more in line with the of a champion.The next friendly will be on Wednesday against Wolfsburg.Their classic rivals Inter also lost 1-0 to Lens, who handed them their first defeat in a pre-season friendly with a late-time goal from Belgian striker Lois Openda.Simone Inzaghi's "Nerazzurri", who will debut in the championship on August 13 against Lecce, will play another friendly with Olympique Lyon and Cesena on July 30 and on August 6 will clash in Pescara against Villarreal.Beyond the defeat, Inter took the opportunity to continue adding minutes in their preparation and to confirm that the attacking duo made up of the Argentine Lautaro Martínez and the Belgian Romelu Lukaku is their best option.Both entered the hour of play in a game that some 30 thousand fans witnessed in Lens and replaced the Bosnian Edin Dzeko and the Argentine Joaquín Correa, starters in the Inzaghi team.The Lu-La duo created a few chances once on the pitch in a game that despite its friendly status ended with six warnings and was resolved on the last play of the game with a corner kick that Openda exchanged for a goal against the defended goal Alex Cordaz, entered shortly after the end by the Slovenian Samir Handanovic."We have to improve, but we're on the right track. We didn't deserve to lose because we had two clear chances and they made us the final. There are three weeks left for the start of the championship and we face rivals in the preseason who are more advanced in their preparation," he summed up Inzaghi.Juventus did sing victory by defeating Chivas de Guadalajara 2-0 as part of their tour of the United States with goals from youth Marco Da Graca and Mattia Compagnon, one in each period.The U-23s did not miss the opportunity to show themselves as well as Fedrido Gatti, who hit the post in the first half, and the Brazilian Gleison Bremer, just arrived from Torino.The applause was taken by the Argentine Angel Di María and the Frenchman Paul Pogba, who showed signs of his talent.On the other hand, Leonardo Bonucci and the Serbian Dusan Vlahovic, who Massimiliano Allegri decided to rest, as well as the American Weston McKennie, were not in the game.Juventus will play on Wednesday against Barcelona at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, its next commitment in the home run in which, in addition to the Mexican team, Real Madrid also participates, which it will face at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday."It was a good test. The team worked well in training and that could be seen on the pitch today. We had a good rhythm and I am satisfied because the youth also performed", commented Allegri."Pogba was good, but he has to improve", affirmed the DT while Di María said "It was a good rehearsal and it serves to add minutes"."Fideo" did not convert today, nor did he assist in any of the goals, but endorsed his quality in a match at the end of which the Colombian Juan Cuadrado assured: "A very strong Juventus is being born."The Turin team's last pre-season friendly will be on August 7 with Atlético Madrid in Tel Aviv, a week before the championship debut against Sassuolo at the Allianz Stadium.Their classic rival, Torino, thrashed Turkey's Trabzonspor 3-0 in Kitzbuhel, with a brace from Serbian Nemanja Radonjic, who arrived from Olympique de Marseille.The Senegalese Demba Seck sentenced the fight in the second half for the "garnet" team of Croatian Ivan Juric, who won their second friendly match without conceding goals.Torino will play its next duel on Wednesday in Seekirchen, Austria, against Apollon Limassol and three days later will clash with Nice in France thinking about the Coppa Italia match on August 6 against the winner of Palermo-Reggiana.Atalanta played, but against an Italian rival: Como, whom they thrashed 4-0 in Zingonia behind closed doors with goals from Argentine José Luis Palomino, Brazilian Ederson, Nadir Zortea and Dutchman Sam Lammers.All the goals came after a save by the Argentine Juan Musso over the Irish Liam Kerrigan in the complement of a match that had between the starters in the team of Gian Piero Gasperini the Colombian Duván Zapata, but not his compatriot Luis Muriel, affected by a disease.Atalanta will play on Friday against Newcastle and on Saturday August 6 against Valencia.Sampdoria also collided with an Italian rival: Brescia, whom they beat 2-0 at the Mario Rigamonti stadium with goals from the Moroccan Abdelhamid Sabiri at 32' and from Manuel De Luca, in stoppage time and after one was disallowed by offside position.(ANSA).All rights reserved.© Copyright ANSA

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