AS Roma vs Slovan Bratislava 4-0

AS Roma beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 at the Stadio Olimpico, with three second-half goals sealing a one-sided league-stage win in the UEFA Champions League.

Roma were ahead by half-time after Mario Hermoso opened the scoring in the 21st minute from Daniele Ghilardi's assist, before Nahuel Molina made it 2-0 on 39 minutes. That left Slovan with work to do after the break, and it only got harder when Niccolò Pisilli made it 3-0 two minutes into the second half from Donyell Malen's pass. Roma then stretched the lead further in the 58th minute, when Malen scored a penalty to make it 4-0, before he was replaced by Santiago Thomas Castro a minute later. Lorenzo Pellegrini also came off on 51 minutes for Matias Soule. The half-time score was 2-0.

Slovan Bratislava made three changes on 69 minutes, with Rash Rahim Ibrahim, artur gajdos and Suleiman Camara all replaced, while Roma made two changes in the 59th minute and another two on 77 minutes. The result matched the numbers: Roma had 73% of the ball, 666 passes, 26 shots and 10 on target, compared with Slovan's 27% possession, 251 passes, one shot and no efforts on target. Roma also finished with 8 corners to 1, 10 fouls to 10 and 4 offsides to 1, while Slovan's goalkeeper made 6 saves.

Slovan's Tigran·Barseghyan was booked in the 20th minute before going off on 55 minutes, Suleiman Camara was shown a yellow card on 65 minutes, and Cristian Martínez was booked on 75 minutes. Roma had no bookings and no red cards were shown.