Donyell Malen has been making history in his first few months with Roma and his newest record is for the club’s latest ever stoppage-time winner.
Roma were 2-1 down to Parma when the clock ticked over into injury time, but an equaliser from Devyne Rensch was followed by a penalty by his compatriot Malen to make it a 3-2 win.
It is far from the only time late drama has changed a Roma result. Here are the top 10 latest winning goals Roma have scored in matches since the turn of the century.
Mancini – 90+4 (v Brescia, 2004)
In December of the season with four coaches, Roma only earned back-to-back away wins in Serie A once – and that was just by the skin of their teeth.
Mancini scored a penalty in the 94th minute to ensure a win on the road from two weeks prior was followed up (after a draw at home) with another three points for Luigi Delneri’s men.
Francesco Totti – 90+4 (v Udinese, 2011)
In a game with double late drama in April 2011, Francesco Totti had put Roma ahead with a penalty in the second half. However, another iconic Italian attacker, Antonio Di Natale, equalised for Udinese three minutes before the end of the game.
Fortunately, Totti took the responsibility for Roma again by restoring the advantage just in time with a winner in the last minute of four added on. John Arne Riise picked him out in the box and he stabbed home to spark the celebrations.
Aleandro Rosi – 90+4 (v Bari, 2011)
Not even a month after Totti’s exploits against Udinese, Roma were winning a game deep into additional time again, this time via a less likely source. After his captain had earlier scored a brace to first make it 1-0 and then bring it back to 2-2, Aleandro Rosi turned the ball in with his midriff to make it 3-2 beyond the fourth minute of stoppage time.
It was the last of the three goals the right-back would ever score for the club.
Federico Fazio – 90+4 (v Cagliari, 2017)
In the era of VAR, there was an anxious end to a December 2017 game between Roma and Cagliari that was goalless up to stoppage time. Thankfully, Eusebio Di Francesco’s side edged in front just as the game was concluding.
Federico Fazio turned in a cross from fellow defender Aleksandar Kolarov to prompt celebrations. However, there was a VAR check, which only heightened the drama. Fortunately, the goal still stood, so Roma could celebrate for a second time.
Romelu Lukaku – 90+4 (v Lecce, 2023)
Like the Parma game in which Malen would set the record for Roma’s latest winning goal, the 2-1 win over Lecce in November 2023 was a game in which the Giallorossi went past the 90-minute mark trailing.
Sardar Azmoun scored in the first minute of stoppage time before his fellow on-loan striker Lukaku smashed home a winner in the 94th minute.
It marked redemption for the Belgian, who had missed a penalty just five minutes into the match.
Edin Džeko – 90+5 (v Frosinone, 2019)
Roma made harder work of Frosinone than they needed to in Di Francesco’s penultimate league match in charge in February 2019. After falling behind inside five minutes, they went 2-1 up before half-time but conceded an equaliser in the final 10 minutes.
Džeko bailed them out by bagging in the 95th minute to restore the win. After a forward pass from Daniele De Rossi picked out Stephan El Shaarawy, the winger crossed for Džeko to convert with the middle of his body. They all count.
Bryan Cristante – 90+5 (v Udinese, 2024)
Bryan Cristante’s late winner against Udinese in April 2024 was unique in the sense that it was the conclusion of a game previously abandoned on a different date when Evan Ndicka collapsed.
The game had to be resumed from the 71st minute, with the scores level, 11 days after the incident (from which Ndicka thankfully escaped unharmed).
Dramatically, Cristante nodded in an unlikely winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time, although you could argue this was the latest winner of them all compared to when the game itself started.
95th minute. Bryan Cristante. Scenes! 😍#ASRoma | #UdineseRoma
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) April 26, 2024
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Francesco Totti – 90+7 (v Cesena, 2017)
The final goal in Totti’s career was a late one. In a February 2017 Coppa Italia clash with Cesena, the captain – completing 90 minutes (and more) for the last time as a professional – sent his beloved club through with a penalty in the 97th minute.
It was the last of 18 goals he scored in the Coppa Italia and 307 overall for Roma, not that its significance was realised at the time.
Tammy Abraham – 90+9 (v Spezia, 2022)
Tammy Abraham had been chasing several records in his exciting debut Roma season, and he added one to his collection in February 2022 by sinking Spezia with a penalty in the 99th minute.
Abraham did it in some style from the spot too. Finding the bottom corner despite the opposition goalkeeper diving the right way, the English striker – who later spoke some Italian in his post-match interviews – continued to cement his importance to Roma.
Donyell Malen – 90+11 (v Parma, 2026)
Roma’s push for a Champions League berth looked to be faltering when they went 2-1 down to Parma, but one of the most chaotic endings to a game they have been involved in ensued.
After Rensch blasted in an equaliser, the full-back also won Roma a penalty after being hurled down in the box.
It wasn’t given at first, though, with a VAR check accounting for a large part of the reason why the goal that Malen eventually scored from the spot came so deep into added time.
Once the protests settled and the box emptied, Malen scored his second goal of the game – becoming the highest-scoring winter signing in Serie A history for his debut season – to gift Roma three potentially crucial points.
This article was originally published on 28th February, 2022, and has been updated since.
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