Europa League: Rome distracted, CSKA saves face

 A setback that counts for nothing. The Roma Europa League, already qualified for the round of 32, loses the unbeaten run in the continental tournament and takes three goals (to one) at home to Cska Sofia. But the one proposed on the occasion by Paulo Fonseca was a revolutionized team in the name of turnover, and the needs of the championship (the one with Bologna will not be an easy commitment), and then today was the opportunity to launch some young people like Milanese, who also scored, the Ivorian Bamba and the goalkeeper Boer, a long shot that football seems to have stolen from basketball. The Calafiori jewel, on the other hand, is not there, Ko caused by a gastroenteritis. The evening also served to try Kumbulla, fresh from Covid, and to relaunch Smalling, who entered at the beginning of recovery in place of his partner. In short, it was a Rome with its head elsewhere, and the Bulgarians took advantage of it to save face. CSKA scores the first goal of their European season after just five minutes of play, with a 'blow' from outside by Tiago Rodrigues after a block by the Giallorossi defense. Boer, covered, could do nothing. At 22 'the Romanista draw: Milanese, one of his best, is good at being found in the right place in the penalty area after an action with a cross by Bruno Peres for Borja Mayoral and an assist by the Spaniard for the Primavera teammate, who rebound marks. But then Roma no longer take themselves seriously, they get distracted and the protagonist of the match, that is the former of Chievo Soew, takes the chair, who exploits a mistake by Diawara and beats Boer. Soew is repeated in the second half, taking advantage of another uncertainty of the Romanist defense. It is 3-1, the result does not change and for Roma it is already time to think about the Bologna of the 'enemy' Mihajlovic, hoping to avoid Benfica and Real Sociedad in next Monday's European draw.