The Giallorossi found themselves down by a man and a goal, but in the second half the heartfelt reaction and the goal of the young Polish defender earned them qualification
The Roma plays with fire, but hits the target: playoffs avoided with the last available place and direct pass to the round of 16 of Europa Leaguewhere he will meet one of Bologna, Genk, Brann and Dinamo Zagreb. In Athens with the Panathinaikos it was enough not to lose. Enough so to speak, because Gasperini’s team found the 1-1 10′ from the end with Ziolkowskiafter he had done everything to complicate his life. Starting from the expulsion of Mancini after just 14′ of the first half.
And to think that up until then the gap between the two teams had seemed abysmal, with three chances constructed and wasted by the Giallorossi in the first 10 minutes alone. Then Mancini’s mistake, in fact, and a match of only containment for the Giallorossi, also considering the emergency dictated by the absences, the last of which was a Dybala on the bench only for the honor of signing. Panathinaikos hits the crossbar with Katris in the 37th minute and then passes in the second half also due to a defensive inattention between Ghilardi and Gollini (in goal instead of Svilar). If Gasp’s team had any merit, it was that they did not exit the match. And so, after a wasted opportunity from Renschhere is the equalizer with a header from Ziolkowski. And a freed February calendar, with the Champions League matches against Napoli and Juve to be played without other worries.
