Goals by Andrea Belotti and Paulo Dybala earned AS Roma a 2-0 victory at dwelling to RB Salzburg on Thursday in its Europa League playoff second leg because the Italian facet clinched a spot within the final 16 with a 2-1 combination rating.
Jose Mourinho’s facet, trailing from the primary leg after a late header by midfielder Nicolas Capaldo earned Salzburg a 1-0 win in Austria, attacked aggressively from the beginning in Rome.
It took a deserved lead after 33 minutes of strain when Leonardo Spinazzola managed to get into the field and despatched over a cross that deflected off a Salzburg defender in direction of Andrea Belotti who despatched a low header into the online.
Paulo Dybala turned the tie round and despatched the house crowd into raptures when he volleyed dwelling Spinazzola’s cross for the second aim simply earlier than the break.
After a primary half through which Roma had whole domination, the customer battled to get again into the match nevertheless it couldn’t break down the hosts’ defence.
Roma is now unbeaten in its final 14 dwelling video games within the knockout phases of main European competitions excluding qualifiers.
The draw for the spherical of 16 shall be held on Friday.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com