Official: Roma, given up as loser against Verona

It's official: eThe sports judge of Serie A gave Roma the loser (3-0) in his match last Saturday against Verona, corresponding to the first day of the 2020-21 Italian championship, for registering midfielder Amadou Diawara as U-22 when he was no longer eligible in that category, given that he is currently 23 years old, that he fulfilled on July 17.

The meeting between Verona and Rome (in which Pedro debuted in the Italian championship) finished 0-0
. Roma have not yet officially announced if they will file an appeal, but everything indicates that they will, arguing that they did not act in bad faith and that they did not benefit from the error.

In any case, Roma, coached by Paulo Fonseca, have seven days to appeal before the sports judge. Thus, Verona now have 3 points in the standings and Roma, with none. Diawara, starter, was replaced in the 89 'by Gonzalo Villar. The media arrived at the ‘giallorosso’ club in 2019 from Naples.