European football: Paulo Dybala makes difference for Roma, Lazio thrash Monza Paulo Dybala scored his first goal of 2025 to help a much-changed Roma team to a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Venezia in Serie A on Sunday.
Adam Marusic’s header gave Lazio a slender lead at the break and the floodgates opened in the second half with Pedro Rodríguez scoring twice and Taty Castellanos and Faruq Dele-Bashiru adding the others for the home team.
After the left-back Nicolás Tagliafico volleyed in a cross from Corentin Tolisso late in the first half, Tolisso headed in Rayan Cherki’s cross midway through the second.
Cherki made it 3-0 in the 79th minute and, after the Reims midfielder Patrick Zabi was shown a red card, Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze turned in a cross from the lively Cherki.
The Roma manager, Claudio Ranieri, had opted to rotate his team ahead of Thursday’s Europa League playoff first leg against Porto.
