AS Roma 1- 3 Club Brugge KV

AS Roma 1 - 3 Club Brugge KV

Stadio Olimpico (70,634)

Vietto (56) Simons (30)

Defoe (39)

Kramaric (49)

Club captain De Rossi walks out of the pitch injured as AS Roma crash out of the cup match

The third round of the Cup is finally here as AS Roma face Club Brugge KV at the Stadio Olimpico. 32,896 fans are here to watch this match unfold. AS Roma won their last match against Chelsea while Club Brugge KV managed by Paul Rimmer drew their last match with Shaktar Donetsk. Fert told the press in his pre-match conference that he hopes that his team can make it to the next round as small teams are always looking to cause upsets against the big teams. He also said that several first team players were rested and he hopes that this team tonight can come out with a win.

AS Roma line up:

Club Brugge KV line up:

First Half:

AS Roma started the match by going straight into the opposition's half. Perotti then lost the ball to Defoe and brought him down. He received a yellow card for the tackle. Quagliarella got the ball from the free kick and passed it to M'Vila who tried a shot but it went wide of the post. AS Roma got their first shot in the 19th minute through El Shaarawy but the ball went wide of the goal, 9 minutes later, Defoe received the ball from Simons and took a shot but it went wide. Club Brugge got their first goal in the 30th minute through a free kick. Kramaric used the free kick to cross the ball to Simons who then headed the ball to the top corner. AS Roma restarted the match and Vietto received the ball from De Rossi. Vietto managed to get a shot in but Carrasso got a hand to it and managed to keep it out. Three minutes later, El Shaarawy also had his shot saved as Carrasso made a great save. 38 minutes into the game, Quagliarella pulled the shirt of El Shaarawy and received a yellow card. Club Brugge then got their second goal through another free kick. Kramaric crossed the ball with the free kick to Defoe who then headed the ball past Alisson. The referee blew his whistle with AS Roma losing this one 2 - 0 to Club Brugge.

Second Half:

The second half was started by Club Brugge as the referee blew his whistle. Four minutes later, Club Brugge scored their third goal through another free kick. Kramaric went for power with the free kick as Alisson could only get a hand but couldn't keep it out. In the 56th minute, AS Roma got their consolation goal as Vietto received the ball from Iturbe and shot it past the keeper. Alisson then managed to stop Quagliarella from scoring as the shot was going in. 7 minutes till the end of the game, Kolarov received a yellow card after bring down Quagliarella. The last chance of the game fell on Peres as he received a beautiful pass from El Shaarawy but when Peres took his shot, the ball clipped the crossbar and went over. Malcom then abused the referee as the referee didn't want to blow his whistle which got him a yellow card. The referee finally blew his whistle as the match ended 1 - 3 with Club Brugge going into round 4.

Full Time: AS Roma 1 - 3 Club Brugge KV

MOTM: Luciano Vietto

Match Statistics:

Post Match Conference:

Fert came out looking dejected. He said "I'm not only sad that my team crashed out of the cup but also sad in the way they crashed out. Three free kicks led to three goals which is very disappointing. Again the referees cost us a chance at the cup with too many fouls given. My players and I are not without blame though as they should have stopped those free kicks from leading to goals. We face Barcelona next and if we play like this, I don't see us having a chance. De Rossi may not be available as he complained to the medical staff about a twisted ankle. Let's hope that it's nothing too serious ". De Rossi was also present, here's what the captain had to say. "We're sad that our cup run has ended, now we will fully focus on the league. We will also work more on the training ground to learn how to stop set pieces as that's how we lost today. We face Barcelona next and I hope I'll be fit to play but we'll have to wait to see if my injury is serious".