Serie A | Pisa 0-1 Roma: Soule inspired by Dybala to victory

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Aug 30, 2025 4:45 PM ET

Matias Soulé made the most of a move inspired by substitute Paulo Dybala, as Roma squeezed another slender victory away to impressive Pisa.

The Giallorossi were still without Leon Bailey, while Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini were not fully fit after a 1-0 win over Bologna. Pisa celebrated their first Serie A home match in over 30 years, though Daniel Denoon, Alexander Lind, Isak Vural, Tomas Esteves and Francesco Coppola were still absent, with new buy Calvin Stengs on the bench after arriving from Feyenoord.

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It was Pisa who had a huge opportunity on 8 minutes, as Idrissa Touré stood up a cross from the right for Henrik Meister’s header, but Mile Svilar got just enough on it, then scrambled to prevent it rolling over the line.

Moments later, Michel Aebischer sent Meister on the counter and his angled drive skimmed the far post.

Adrian Semper was ready for the Matias Soulé free kick at the near top corner, as Roma struggled to create genuine scoring opportunities.

Paulo Dybala came on for the second half and Soulé saw his left-foot curler skim the far top corner from the edge of the area.

Welsey went down too easily under pressure from Lusuardi, but Roma did find the breakthrough when their front three combined.

Dybala cut inside from the left, found Ferguson with his back to goal, who laid it off for Soulé to sweep in first time from 12 yards through a sea of legs.

Soulé had the ball in the net again on 61 minutes when his header hit the back of a defender and he reacted quickly to turn in the rebound, but he handled in the process, and it was disallowed.

Aebischer won a tackle in midfield and smashed the finish just over the bar, then fired off target again from M’Bala Nzola’s counter-attack.

Calvin Stengs made his Serie A debut in the final minutes, but was not ready for a Meister back-heel flick, then fired straight at Svilar.

Roma should’ve gone 2-0 up at the 90^th minute when Manu Koné went on a strong run from midfield to set up the Artem Dovbyk tap-in, only to be denied by a desperate Adrian Semper save from point-blank range.

Pisa 0-1 Roma

Soulé 55 (R)

30-08-2025 19:45 MatchDay 2 Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani

Pisa

Roma 0 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Marius Marin		32'
		33'		Evan Ferguson

2nd half

55'

Matìas Soulé (Assist: Evan Ferguson) Henrik Meister

90+6'

Match statistic

31 Possession % 69 7 Total shots 10 3 Shots on target 5 4 Shots off target 2 Blocked shots 3 1 Corners 7 2 Offsides 1 14 Fouls 10 Pisa Roma

Starting lineups

Adrian Šemper Goalkeeper 4 Antonio Caracciolo Defender Mateus Lusuardi Defender 64' 3 Samuele Angori Defender 83' 5 Simone Canestrelli Defender 15 Idrissa Touré Midfielder 6 Marius Marin Midfielder 83' 10 Matteo Tramoni Midfielder 64' 20

Michel Aebischer Midfielder 9 Henrik Meister Attacker 32 Stefano Moreo Attacker 65' 99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 3

Angeliño Defender 90' 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 22

Mario Hermoso Defender 82' 43 Wesley Defender 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 11

Evan Ferguson Attacker 75' 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 90' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

46'

Substitutes

Simone Scuffet Goalkeeper 12

Nicolas Goalkeeper 36 Gabriele Piccinini Attacker 14 Ebenezer Akinsanmiro Midfielder 77 Mert Durmush Attacker 8 Malthe Höjholt Midfielder 72 Giacomo Maucci Midfielder 16 Louis Buffon Attacker 76 Jeremy Kandje Mbambi Defender 11

Juan Cuadrado Midfielder 64' 33

Arturo Calabresi Defender 64' 18 M’Bala Nzola Attacker 65' 7

Mehdi Léris Attacker 83'

Calvin Stengs Attacker 83' 7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 32

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 87 Daniele Ghilardi Defender 91 Radoslaw Zelezny Goalkeeper Antonio Arena Attacker 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 46' 9

Artem Dovbyk Attacker 75' 19

Zeki Celik Defender 82' 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 90' 8

Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder

90'

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