Zaniolo shines with Roma while negotiating his departure

José Mourinho’s Roma beat Sunderland, a team from the second category of English football, 2-0 in a friendly match played in Albufeira during their pre-season stage in the Portuguese Algarve.

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The goals were long in coming after Nizoló Zaniolo and Chris Smalling hit the post and did not arrive until the last quarter of an hour when Felix Afena-Gyan and Zaniolo himself, who came onto the field in the second half, established the 2 -0. In the first half, Roma did not play at a good pace and after the break they imposed their law despite not being far from the best physical level and the rival taking more days of preparation.

Afena-Gyan, goal and assist

The Ghanaian Afena-Gyan, just 19 years old, opened the scoring in the 75th minute with a good cross shot and, five later, he assisted Zaniolo in the 2-0. The Italian striker had missed the first friendly against the amateur Trastevere on July 9 in the sports city of Rome in Trigoria (5-0) and there was speculation of an imminent departure to Juventus, the club with which he is negotiating his signing , but finally he went to Portugal with his teammates and today he was Roma’s best player against Sunderland.