Roma defeated in Toulouse, Paulo Dybala scores but then stops

Toulouse-Rome 2-1

Sunday was anything but smiling for Roma, which not only lost in Toulouse in the late stages, conceding just in the 90th minute the final 2-1 goal, but had to deal with yet another concern about the physical condition of Paulo Dybala, who came out in the 36th minute after asking for a change.

It was precisely the Argentine, ten minutes before experiencing muscle discomfort, who had scored the 1-1 goal, which had equalized the goal scored by Thijs Dallinga after five minutes of play. Coach Jose Mourinho, given the nature of the match and the need to avoid further problems for ‘La Joya,’ decided to substitute him by deploying Lorenzo Pellegrini in his place.

The winning goal for the club that won the last edition of the French Cup of Nations bears the signature of Yanis Begraoui, Morocco’s Under-23 national player, who was the protagonist of the North African selection’s success in the Africa Cup of Nations category.

Mourinho had lined up Roma with a 3-5-2 by fielding Rui Patricio in goal, Llorente, Smalling and N’Dicka in defense, Kristensen, Aouar, Cristante, Bove and Zalewski in midfield, and Dybala and Belotti in attack. In addition to Pellegrini, reserve goalkeeper Svilar, Mancini, El Shaarawy, Spinazzola, Celik, Solbakken and Pagano also came on in the second half. It was not enough, however, to achieve success on French soil.