Serie A | Roma 3-1 Milan: Gimenez sees red as Ranieri has hope

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It took just under three minutes to break the deadlock, as Matias Soule whipped a corner into the six-yard box for the Gianluca Mancini header into the near top corner.

Alex Jimenez drilled hard and low inches past the near bottom corner from the edge of the area, but Milan went down to 10 men after just 21 minutes.

Santiago Gimenez was caught by VAR elbowing Mancini in the chest during a tussle and it was considered sufficient for violent conduct. The Rossoneri would have reason to feel aggrieved, as a very similar incident did not see Sam Beukema penalised in the Coppa Italia Final against Milan on Wednesday.

Nonetheless, Milan managed to equalise when Alex Jimenez sprung the offside trap and tested Mile Svilar, who could do nothing on Joao Felix firing the rebound into the empty net.

Roma restored their advantage with a direct free kick from Leandro Paredes, who surprised Mike Maignan at the base of the near post.

There was also a third late on, as Maignan made a desperate double save on Angelino and the follow-up, but could do nothing on the Bryan Cristante scorcher from outside the area.

Roma 3-1 Milan

Mancini 3 (R), Joao Felix 39 (M), Paredes 58 (R), Cristante 87 (R)

Sent off: Gimenez 21 (M)

18-05-2025 19:45 MatchDay 37 Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Milan 3 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Gianluca Mancini (Assist: Matìas Soulé)		3'
		21'

Santiago Giménez Gianluca Mancini 26'         39' João Félix (Assist: Álex Jiménez) Bryan Cristante 45'     2nd half

Leandro Paredes		58'
Zeki Celik		61'
		62'		Álex Jiménez
Bryan Cristante (Assist: Stephan El Shaarawy)

87'         90'

Fikayo Tomori

Match statistic

54 Possession % 46 15 Total shots 12 6 Shots on target 3 6 Shots off target 4 3 Blocked shots 5 4 Corners 2 0 Offsides 0 12 Fouls 16 Roma Milan

Starting lineups

99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper 3

Angeliño Defender 5

Evan Ndicka Defender 23

Gianluca Mancini Defender 19

Zeki Celik Defender 56

Alexis Saelemaekers Midfielder 84' 4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder 16

Leandro Paredes Midfielder 78' 17

Manu Koné Midfielder 14

Eldor Shomurodov Attacker 84' 18 Matìas Soulé Attacker 78' 16

Mike Maignan Goalkeeper 20 Álex Jiménez Defender 65' 23

Fikayo Tomori Defender 46

Matteo Gabbia Defender 84' 31

Strahinja Pavlovic Defender 8

Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 65' 14

Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 80

Yunus Musah Midfielder 11

Christian Pulisic Attacker 90' 79

João Félix Attacker

66' 7

Santiago Giménez Attacker

Substitutes

7

Lorenzo Pellegrini Midfielder 21

Paulo Dybala Attacker 15

Mats Hummels Defender 95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper 25

Victor Nelsson Defender 11

Artem Dovbyk Attacker 12

Saud Abdulhamid Defender 61 Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder 34

Anass Salah-Eddine Defender 66 Buba Sangaré Defender 70 Giorgio De Marzi Goalkeeper 2 Devyne Rensch Defender 78' 27 Lucas Gourna-Douath Defender 78' 92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 84' 35 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 84' 90

Tammy Abraham Attacker 24

Alessandro Florenzi Defender 57

Marco Sportiello Goalkeeper 22

Emerson Royal Defender 28 Malick Thiaw Defender 73 Francesco Camarda Attacker 96 Lorenzo Torriani Goalkeeper 9

Luka Jovic Attacker 65' 29

Youssouf Fofana Midfielder 65' 10

Rafael Leão Attacker 66' 99

Riccardo Sottil Attacker 84' 42

Filippo Terracciano Midfielder

90'