Claudio Ranieri's team won against Empoli, led by Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Kovalenko.
“Roma” of Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk beat “Empoli” of Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Kovalenko away in the match of the 28th round of the Italian Serie A of the 2024/25 season. The meeting at the “Carlo Castellani” stadium in Empoli ended with a score of 0:1 .
The only and winning goal in this match was scored by the “wolves” in the first minute. The author of the successful strike was the Argentine Matias Sule.
Dovbyk and Kovalenko started the match on the benches of their clubs. Artem came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute, and Viktor appeared on the field in the 67th minute.
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Roma thus extended their long unbeaten run in Serie A. Claudio Ranieri's team have not lost any of their last twelve matches in the Italian championship.
After this victory, the Romans with 46 points rose to 7th place in the Serie A table. The “wolves” are 4 points behind the Eurocup zone and Bologna, which is in sixth place.
Empoli (22 points) are in the relegation zone – in 18th position. Kovalenko's team is 2 points away from 17th place, which would allow them to remain in the elite of Italian football for the next season.
In the next round, Roma will host Cagliari on March 16, while Empoli will play away to Torino the day before.
Before that, Dovbyk's team will play an away return match of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday, March 13. The first game ended with a 2:1 victory for the Italian club.
It was previously reported that Dovbyk was included in the symbolic team of the 27th round of Serie A.