WALSALE, UK – August 6: AS Roma head coach Giampierogas Perini watches before the Aston Villa and Roma Ashroma match at Aston Villa and Palette Truck Bescott Stadium on August 6, 2025 in Walsale, UK. (Photo: Clive Mason/Getty Images)
16-year-old striker Lorenzo Palachti scored a hat-trick in Rome’s mid-term international break-friendly on Thursday morning.
Head coach Jean Piero Gaspelini organized something friendly for players who were not called for international missions during the international break in September. The test provided the opportunity for Paulo Dybara and Lorenzo Pellegrini to put valuable minutes on their feet.
It was a makeshift Jarorossi Xi that I took to the field on Thursday. Angelino played in the back three with Mario Hermoso and Daniele Guirardi. Lorenzo Pellegrini teamed up with Brian Christante in the middle of the centre, with Stephen El Sharawi and Matthias Soul filled with wingbacks.
Dybala and Tomasso Baldanzi got the opportunity to start in the role of Trequartista, 16, son of former Juventus and Tottenham director Fabio Paratici.
It took Paratici over ten minutes to score a friendly first goal and pop the poor ball out of the back by the Roma City goalkeeper. Baldanzi doubled the advantage with shots from the edge of the area by 20 minutes.
Paratici won the second of the game in the header of the Dybala corner 32 minutes later. Gialorossi entered at halftime 4-0 after a good through-ball from Pellegrini and then Soul rolled up the “keeper.”
Valdangi got a brace two minutes into the second half. 15 minutes later, Paratici secured a hat trick with a well-touched finish in the area.
Paratici and Pellegrini were replaced by young people Mattia Della Rocca and Mohamed Seck shortly after the time mark.
On top of that, it ended up being Christanete, who added the seventh goal of the Rome game 66 minutes later. He doubled his personal tally after 10 minutes. The game ended with the 80 minute mark.
Rome 8-0 Rome City
Paratici 11′, 32′, 58′, Baldanzi 20′, 47′, Soule 40′, Cristante 66′, 76′.
Rome lineup: Golini; Guirardi, Hermoso, Angelino. Elsharawi, Christante, Pellegrini, Sole. Dybala, Baldange; Paratici.
Players in international duties: Evan Ndica, Gianluca Mancini, Piotr Ziorkowski, Wesley Franca, Costas Tsimikas, Zeki Serik, Manu Korn, Neil El Ainaui, Nicolo Pisilli, Artem Dovic and Evan Ferguson.
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