European roundup: Roma send get-well wishes to Wijnaldum with victory

Roma sent messages of support to injured teammate Georginio Wijnaldum before and during their narrow 1-0 victory over newly promoted Cremonese.

The Roma players wore shirts bearing “Forza Gini” as they warmed up and Chris Smalling also held up a Roma jersey with Wijnaldum’s name and number after scoring the only goal of the game.

Wijnaldum, who was signed on loan from Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month, fractured his tibia during a training session on Sunday. There was a further injury blow for Roma just before half-time when Nicolò Zaniolo was stretchered off after seemingly dislocating his shoulder.

Both sides had several chances to take the lead and Cremonese goalkeeper Ionu Radu pulled off a number of impressive saves.

The visiting team went agonisingly close shortly after the break when Cyriel Dessers’s effort crashed off the crossbar. Dessers also sent two acrobatic overhead kicks narrowly past the post.

Roma hit the woodwork too when Radu tipped Stephan El Shaarawy’s shot onto the bar, but the hosts broke the deadlock in the 65th when a corner was floated in from the left and Smalling headed in at the back post.

Cremonese almost levelled in stoppage time as Charles Pickel’s volley clipped the outside of the right upright.

Juventus were held to a 0-0 draw at Sampdoria after Adrien Rabiot’s second-half effort was ruled out by VAR for offside.

The Turin side thought they had finally opened the scoring when Rabiot turned a pass from Dusan Vlahovic into the net in the 65th minute only to have the goal disallowed.

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