Match highlights
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AS Roma vs Fiorentina highlights
How the goals came
27' Donyell Malen opens the scoring for AS Roma (the winner) → 52' Donyell Malen extends AS Roma's lead → 60' Donyell Malen extends AS Roma's lead → 86' Niccolò Pisilli extends AS Roma's lead. Full time: 4-0, AS Roma win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
27' Donyell Malen (AS Roma) 1-0
Donyell Malen opened the scoring in the 27th minute as AS Roma hosted Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico on Serie A Matchday 1. Breaking the 0-0 deadlock, it proved to be the winning goal in a match Roma went on to take 4-0. The home side never relinquished the lead they built in the first half.
52' Donyell Malen (AS Roma) 2-0
In the 52nd minute, Malen struck again to double AS Roma's lead. It was his second of the match and the first goal after the interval for a Roma side that had taken a one-goal advantage into the break. The score moved to 2-0.
60' Donyell Malen (AS Roma) 3-0
Only eight minutes after his second, Donyell Malen completed his hat-trick in the 60th minute. The goal put AS Roma 3-0 up against Fiorentina, with every one of the home side's goals to that point coming from Malen.
86' Niccolò Pisilli (AS Roma) 4-0
Niccolò Pisilli added AS Roma's fourth in the 86th minute, taking the score from 3-0 to 4-0. It was the final goal of the match and the only one not scored by Malen. Roma closed out their Serie A Matchday 1 fixture with a clean sheet against Fiorentina.
