Teens save AS Roma against Hellas Verona
Teenagers Cristian Volpato and Edoardo Bove came to Roma’s rescue on Saturday as Jose Mourinho’s side drew 2-2 with Verona.
All over at the Olimpico.
Cristian Volpato and Edoardo Bove score their first goals for the club to salvage a point for us.
#ASRoma #RomaVerona pic.twitter.com/2rFPBX34qW— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
With Verona 2-0 up, 18-year-old Volpato scored in the 65th minute, just three minutes after coming off the bench when he reacted fastest to a half-cleared corner.
๐๏ธ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐บThe youngest goalscorer in Serie A this season! #ASRoma #RomaVerona pic.twitter.com/MRVhrPxfvs
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
โI came on to try and change the course of the game and invent something or help someone invent something โฆ fortunately it worked out like that.โ
๐ฌ – Cristian Volpato ๐โค๏ธ
#ASRoma #RomaVerona— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
Bove, 19, was then introduced in the 78th minute and six minutes later secured a point with a shot in off the post, again following a corner from Jordan Veretout.
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Rome born and raised – a first goal for his boyhood club for 19-year-old Edoardo Bove!#ASRoma #RomaVerona pic.twitter.com/ktYfUpHJKM
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
โItโs an amazing feeling to have scored my first goal … when you grow up with this club, with so many sacrifices from the family to get to where you are now, you canโt help but think of them after a moment like that.โ
๐ฌ – Edoardo Bove ๐โค๏ธ
#ASRoma #RomaVerona— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
Verona, coached by Igor Tudor, had been worth their 2-0 lead.
A free-kick, well-rehearsed on the training ground, from Czech star Antonin Barak gave them a fifth-minute lead. It was his 10th goal of the season.
That first goal feeling! ๐คฉ
#ASRoma #RomaVerona pic.twitter.com/A9yd1WDPcI— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) February 19, 2022
They doubled their advantage on 20 minutes through French midfielder Adrien Tameze.
A third successive draw for Roma left them in seventh place, six points off the Champions League spots.