The shirt was allowed to come off. Romelu Lukaku certainly did not play his best match for AS Roma against Lecce, but the end result still remains. That decisive goal deep in injury time, after substitute Azmoun had already scored the equalizer in extra time. Up and over mid-range in two minutes.
LOOK. Romelu Lukaku sends AS Roma into delirium
Lukaku’s evening had started sourly. He had not missed a single penalty in Italy. A first for ‘Big Rom’ against Lecce: he missed his first of 19 penalties as an Italian employee. That series of 100 percent no longer stands.
Normally Paolo Dybala is the regular penalty taker at Roma, but Lukaku also has a reputation to uphold. He immediately botched it on his first attempt for Roma. It was just badly kicked. Lukaku missed his last penalty in August 2017, while still playing for Man United. Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel (now Anderlecht) then stopped his kick.
Lukaku continued the line of that miss afterwards. Until that one decisive action that exploded the Stadio Olimpico. That’s why they bought it.
Jose Mourinho gave his striker a big hug after the final whistle.
LOOK. Lukaku’s penalty miss against Lecce
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90’+9′
End of second half
90’+5′
Yellow card for Romelu Lukaku
90’+4′
2-1 GOAL by Romelu Lukaku!
90’+1′
1-1 GOAL by Sardar Azmoun!
89′
Yellow card for Diego Llorente
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Yellow card for Gabriel Strefezza
81′
Yellow card for Ahmed Touba
81′
Pontus Almqvist is replaced by Ahmed Touba
80′
Nikola Krstovic is replaced by Roberto Piccoli
78′
Dybala about
Beautiful ball from Lukaku. The Red Devil puts the ball ready for Dybala to decide.
78′
Rick Karsdorp is replaced by Rasmus Kristensen
78′
Gianluca Mancini is replaced by Nicola Zalewski
78′
Stephan El Shaarawy is replaced by Andrea Belotti
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Yellow card for Ylber Ramadani
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Yellow card for Renato Sanches
74′
Lameck Banda is replaced by Gabriel Strefezza
73′
Houssem Aouar is replaced by Sardar Azmoun
72′
0-1 GOAL by Pontus Almqvist!
Roma gets the lid on the nose. Almqvist is in the right place to push a put-back past Rui Patricio.
70′
Edoardo Bove is replaced by Renato Sanches
62′
Hamza Rafia is replaced by Joan Gonzàlez
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