Roma and Real Madrid’s friendly at the Olimpico, played in front of a 30,487 strong crowd, saw the Italian outfit emerge winners on penalties. All four goals of the game came in regular time, and with the scores tied at 2-2, we had a penalty shootout, which Roma won 5-4.
How did the players play- here are two different newspaper player ratings for the game. One from the Spanish press and the other from the Italian media.
Edin Dzeko and Zaniolo very influential for Roma; Florenzi not so much.
AS Roma vs Real Madrid 2019 (Roma-Real Friendly VIDEO BELOW)
Final score and result:- Roma vs Real Madrid 2-2 (Perrotti, Dzeko/Marcelo, Casemiro)- Roma win 5-4 on penalties
Stadio Olimpico- 11 August, 2019
Roma beat Real Madrid on penalties in this pre-season friendly
Real Madrid edged RB Salzburg 1-0 in Austria last evening thanks to a fine goal from Eden Hazard, his first one in a Los Blancos shirt.
Here is a look at the player ratings for the game from Spanish paper AS- Hazard, Eder Militao and Casemiro were the best Real Madrid players in the game. A lot of work still to be done for Zinedine Zidane, but that Hazard goal will give him optimism for the future.