Radja Nainggolan Buka Kemenangan AS Roma atas Fiorentina
Radja Nainggolan Scores First Goal at the Stadio Olimpico
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Roma (B2B) - AS Roma memperoleh hasil positif dalam laga perdana mereka di Liga Seri A Italia musim 2014-2015 dengan menang 2-0 atas Fiorentina di Olimpico, Minggu pagi WIB.
Gol Roma diciptakan oleh pemain Belgia berdarah Indonesia, Radja Nainggolan, pada menit 28 dan penyerang Gervinho pada menit 90.
Roma memang tampil dominan dalam laga tersebut, memperoleh penguasaan bola 57 persen berbanding 43 persen milik Fiorentina, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Mereka juga tampil agresif dengan melepaskan 20 kali percobaan tembakan ke gawang, meski hanya lima yang tepat sasaran namun membuahkan dua gol kemenangan atas Si Ungu.
Tim Merah Kuning itu tengah mendapat beban ekspektasi besar musim ini lantaran menjadi salah satu kandidat juara.
Namun mereka memulai musim dengan sejumlah daftar cedera termasuk Douglas Maicon, Leandro Castan, Federico Balzaretti dan Kevin Strootman.
Roma - Radja Nainggolan nearly handled Fiorentina all by himself, scoring the match's first goal, setting up the second and terrorizing the midfield in Roma's 2-0 victory over Fiorentina.
If you wanted to gauge the excitement and atmosphere heading into this match, you didn't need to look much further than the Curva Sud, where none other than Rodrigo Taddei was firmly planted among Roma's most fervent fans, setting the tone for the raucous atmosphere in Roma's season opener.
Whether it was because of that divine presence or not, Roma held sway in what turned out to be a quite a tense match.
As one would expect, given the new faces on the field and the tension in the air, the first 15-20 minutes were all about spreading the touches around and keeping possession of the ball. Indeed, through the first 15 minutes, Roma managed only three shots, none of which could have been considered dangerous.
It seemed that Vincenzo Montella's order of the day was to set his defensive shell up deep in his own third, allowing Roma all the freedom in the world until they reached the final third and ran out of useful attacking space due to Fiorentina's defensive congestion. It was, to borrow an NFL term, a prevent defense; just sit back and take the blows but prevent the big play.
