US EditionLille Goalkeeper's Hat-Trick of Penalty Saves Seals Win Against AS Roma
Berke Ozer saved three consecutive penalties, including a late spot-kick, securing Lille's first-ever competitive win over Roma in the Europa League, officials confirmed.
- On Thursday Lille secured a 1-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico as Berke Ozer saved three consecutive penalties to seal victory over AS Roma.
- After a defensive mistake by AS Roma, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson scored after six minutes at Stadio Olimpico, securing Lille's second win in two Europa League games.
- Roma then missed three spot-kicks in rapid succession after two retakes, with Artem Dovbyk's tame penalty leading to Matias Soule also failing from the spot.
- Bologna and SC Freiburg drew 1-1 in Italy, with Riccardo Orsolini scoring before halftime and Junior Adamu equalising from the penalty spot after 57 minutes.
- Media reports describing the three-minute penalty sequence called it an astonishing, humiliating run, while Roma boss Giano Piero Gasperini said he had never seen three penalties missed in the same situation and called it 'almost unique'.
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Italian football legend Francesco Totti is shocked by the fact that Roma failed to score three times from the penalty spot in the match against Lille. Roma suffered a defeat in the opening match of the Europa League, but what stood out were the three missed penalties, where the French goalkeeper managed to stop three consecutive shots from the 11-meter. And among the many reactions, there was no way to miss the former captain who, through a voic…
The Lille goaltender repelled three attempts on the same penalty against the Roma. A rare feat.
Roma 0-1 Lille, Europa League: Berke Ozer Saves Three Penalties In Ligue 1 Side's Win
Roma's defeat means they have lost their first home match of a UEFA Cup/Europa League campaign (excluding play-offs) for only the second time in their history, after the 1-2 defeat against Nuremberg in 1988-89
Ozer the hero as Lille beat Roma, Bologna draw with Freiburg
ROME - Lille keeper Berke Ozer saved three consecutive penalties to help his side secure a 1-0 victory at AS Roma in the Europa League thanks to Hakon Arnar Haraldsson’s early strike, while Bologna and SC Freiburg battled to a 1-1 draw on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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