Roma starting XI (3-5-2): Rui Patricio, Mancini, Cristante, Ndicka (subbed for Llorente), Karsdorp (subbed for Zalewski), Bove (subbed for El Shaarawy), Paredes, Aouar, Spinazzola (subbed for Kristensen), Belotti (subbed for Azmoun), Lukaku
Bench: Boer, Svilar, Celik, Pagano, Pisilli
Goals: El Shaarawy 90’
Monza starting XI (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio, D’Ambrosio, Pablo Marì, Caldirola, Pereira (subbed for Birindelli), Gagliardini, Pessina, Kyriakopoulos (subbed for Donati), Colpani (subbed for Vignato), Machin (subbed for A. Carboni), Colombo (subbed for Mota)
Bench: Lamanna, Sorrentino, Gori, Bettella, Akpa Akpro, F. Carboni, V. Carboni, Bondo, Maric, Ciurria
Roma coach Jose Mourinho furiously celebrated the goal, which gave his team only their fourth league victory of the season.
Mourinho was subsequently dismissed after making a ‘crying eyes’ gesture towards Monza coach Raffaele Palladino.
Monza defender Danilo D’Ambrosio was somewhat harshly shown a second yellow card four minutes before halftime and sent off.
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