Teen ensure Roma a narrow win at home against Porto

Roma reached the Champions League semifinals in the last season, and the team can continue to make hopes of a repeat.

on Tuesday night beat the team FC Porto 2-1 at home at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. It was the first of two showdowns in the ottendedelsfinalen against the Portuguese.

the 19-year-old Nicolo Zaniolo scored twice, but a reduction of Porto's Adrian secured you a important away goals in the riveting conclusion.

Stating-football and entertainment was also in the first dozen minutes, but the obvious chances had to wait for.

the Brazilian Fernando made sure that Postage was noted in the shots statistics after half an hour, when he tested Antonio Mirante in Roma-the cage.

Mirante replaced the former FC Copenhagen goalkeeper Robin Olsen, who has been suffering with an injury. The swede sat on the bench.

At the other end kept the 37-year-old Iker Casillas the goal completely as expected. The goalkeeper is in time with his Champions League-season number 20, which is the record.

The experienced spaniard, came upon a serious try after 37 minutes, when Edin Dzeko pulled into the track and pounded against targets.

Casillas got the patch on, and the ball is stroked on the post. A despite all the gripping, the first half ended without scores.

Iker Casillas had to twice pull the ball out of the net after finishing from the 19-year-old Nicolo Zaniolo. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix

Shortly into the second half, it was Bryan Cristantes turn to test whether Casillas' reflexes have followed with age.

Italienerens kick was hard, but sat in the middle of the goal, so Casillas could boxes away.

Porto players were rare guests in the Roma field, but a corner kick was about to lead to the goal, as Danilo Pereira rose to the sky and headede close by.

With 20 minutes over the regular time occurred the battle's first big peak.

Dzeko found the smart Zaniolo, who kicked between the legs on a Porto defender and brought the Roma to 1-0.

the Same Zaniolo doubled the lead when he followed up on a stolpeskud a quarter of an hour before time.

So was it of the Roma advancement, but substituted the Adrian secured voltage before managed. A bit random, he got the ball in the open position and shot safely in the net.

About three weeks taking the romans out whether 2-1 is enough, when managed to be played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto.