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VERONA, ITALY – MAY 24: Donyell Malen of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammates during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and AS Roma at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on May 24, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Donyell Malen saw his penalty saved, but turned in on the rebound from Paulo Dybala’s assist to send Roma into the Champions League with Stephan El Shaarawy.
The Giallorossi knew a win here would guarantee a top four finish, but Wesley was suspended after the fiery Derby della Capitale, with Evan Ndicka, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Bryan Zaragoza and Evan Ferguson injured. Both Matias Soulé and Niccolò Pisilli started in support of Paulo Dybala and Donyell Malen. Hellas were relegated weeks ago, but drew three of their last four games, including against Juventus and Inter. Roberto Gagliardini sat out a ban, with Daniel Mosquera, Suat Serdar and Daniel Oyegoke sidelined.
See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.
It was an aggressive start from the hosts, as Kieron Bowie tested Mile Svilar in the opening minute, while Bryan Cristante drilled wide for Roma.
The visitors took a while to get going, as Paulo Dybala’s free kick was acrobatically palmed out from under the crossbar by Lorenzo Montipò.
Verona had a huge opportunity just before half-time, as Svilar rushed off his line for a desperate one-handed save to deny Bowie one-on-one.
Dybala curled a free kick wide of the near post, but there were two incidents in quick succession to change the game. First Lautaro Valentini received his second yellow card for his foul on Dybala, then the Matias Soulé free kick was palmed away.
Moments later Bowie’s handling offence was spotted by VAR for a penalty. Malen stepped up and saw his spot-kick parried by Montipò, but he was able to bundle the rebound over the line from a Dybala assist to put Roma in front.
Soulé forced another tricky save from Montipò, then the goalkeeper used his legs to parry from Dybala after a Devyne Rensch counter-attack.
Roma wasted several situations to lock down the win with Malen, who first couldn’t get his head to a strong cross, then ran onto the Stephan El Shaarawy pass only to narrow the angle too much.
They did add the cherry on the cake in stoppages with Stephan El Shaarawy, finishing off his last game for Roma with a goal to send them back into the Champions League.
Verona 0-2 Roma
Malen 56 (R), El Shaarawy 93 (R)
Sent off: Valentini 50 (V)
Saved penalty: Malen 56 (R)
24-05-2026 19:45
MatchDay 38
Stadio Marcantonio BentegodiVERROM0 – 2
Player statistic
| Nicolás Valentini | 35' |
| Nicolás Valentini | 50' |
| 56' | Donyell Malen(Assist: Paulo Dybala) |
| 56' | Donyell Malen |
| 71' | Jan Ziolkowski |
| 90+3' | Stephan El Shaarawy(Assist: Paulo Dybala) |
VER
ROM
Starting lineups
1
Lorenzo Montipò
Goalkeeper
5
Andrias Edmundsson
Defender
3
Martin Frese
Defender
70′
6
Nicolás Valentini
Defender
7
Rafik Belghali
Defender
86′
15
Victor Nelsson
Defender
21
Abdou Harroui
Midfielder
70′
11
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
Midfielder
4
Sandi Lovric
Midfielder
58′
18
Kieron Bowie
Attacker
10
Tomas Suslov
Attacker
58′
99
Mile Svilar
Goalkeeper
87
Daniele Ghilardi
Defender
46′
2
Devyne Rensch
Defender
23
Gianluca Mancini
Defender
22
Mario Hermoso
Defender
19
Zeki Celik
Defender
4
Bryan Cristante
Midfielder
61
Niccolò Pisilli
Midfielder
46′
14
Donyell Malen
Attacker
84′
18
Matìas Soulé
Attacker
72′
21
Paulo Dybala
Attacker
Substitutes
34
Simone Perilli
Goalkeeper
24
Antoine Bernede
Midfielder
14
Pol Lirola
Defender
36
Cheikh Niasse
Attacker
94
Giacomo Toniolo
Goalkeeper
72
Junior Ajayi
Attacker
19
Tobias Slotsager
Defender
70
Fallou Cham
Defender
30
Luca Szimionaș
Midfielder
41
Isaac
Attacker
37
Armel Bella-Kotchap
Defender
58′
73
Moatasem Al-Musrati
Midfielder
58′
12
Domagoj Bradaric
Defender
70′
9
Amin Sarr
Attacker
70′
90
Ioan Vermesan
Attacker
86′
3
Angeliño
Defender
95
Pierluigi Gollini
Goalkeeper
9
Artem Dovbyk
Attacker
70
Giorgio De Marzi
Goalkeeper
20
Lorenzo Venturino
Attacker
91
Radoslaw Zelezny
Goalkeeper
74
Mohamed Seck
Defender
8
Neil El Aynaoui
Midfielder
46′
92
Stephan El Shaarawy
Attacker
72′
24
Jan Ziolkowski
Defender
17
Manu Koné
Midfielder
72′
78
Robinio Vaz
Attacker
84′
