ROMA starting XI (3-4-2-1): Svilar, Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino, Celik (subbed for Dahl), Cristante, Koné (subbed for Paredes subbed for), El Shaarawy, Soulé (subbed for Shomurodov), Pisilli (subbed for Baldanzi), Dovbyk

Bench: Ryan, Marin, Abdulhamid, Aboubacar, Le Fee

Goals: El Shaarawy 63’ 82’

BOLOGNA starting XI (4-2-3-1): Skorupski, De Silvestri (subbed for Posch), Beukema, Lucumì, Miranda, Freuler, Pobega, Orsolini (subbed for Casale), Odgaard (subbed for Fabbian), Ndoye (subbed for Karlsson), Castro (subbed for Dallinga)

Bench: Bagnolini, Ravaglia, Corazza, Dominguez, Ferguson, Holm, Iling Junior, Lykogiannis, Moro, Urbanski

Goals: Castro 25’, Orsolini 66’, Karlsson 77’

Roma lost 3-2 at home against Bologna on Sunday, their fourth loss in the last five league games, leaving them 12th in the standings.

Bologna never trailed with goals from Santiago Castro, Riccardo Orsolini and Jesper Karlsson. Stephan El Shaarawy scored twice for Roma in the second half.

Some sections of Roma fans walked out of the Stadio Olimpico midway through the game.

“We would like to thank Ivan Juric for his hard work these past weeks,” Roma said in a statement.

“He handled a difficult environment with the utmost professionalism, and for that we are grateful.

“The search for a new head coach has already begun and an announcement will be made in the coming days.”

Former Italy coach Roberto Mancini is reportedly in talks with club owners to take over, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported.

Roma appointed Juric in September to become their third coach in the span of eight months after they sacked Daniele De Rossi, who himself had been appointed in January after Jose Mourinho was fired.

Juric, formerly manager at Torino, Hellas Verona and Genoa, started off with consecutive home wins against Udinese and Venezia in the league, either side of a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League.

His good run, however, ended there and Roma won only once in their next six league games.

Without striker Paulo Dybala, absent with a muscle strain in Juric’s final game, Roma created a host of chances against Champions League side Bologna but went behind after 25 minutes when forward Castro scored for the visitors.

El Shaarawy equalised after the hour mark, but Orsolini restored the lead for Bologna three minutes later and Karlsson made it 3-1 in the7th, before El Shaarawy added his second.

Roma have picked up 13 points so far this season, making it their worst start after the first 12 Serie A games in the last 20 years.

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