Overview
- Roma opened their Serie A campaign with a 1-0 win at a sold-out Stadio Olimpico as Wesley Franca scored on debut and received Lega Serie A’s man of the match.
- Loan signing Evan Ferguson started up front, impressed before a 74th‑minute substitution, and earned post-match praise from Gian Piero Gasperini.
- Gasperini said the result "bodes well" and lauded his side’s character and organization in his first competitive match in charge.
- Paulo Dybala came on as a substitute as Roma managed his fitness, with Lorenzo Pellegrini and Leon Bailey sidelined and Zeki Celik suspended.
- Bologna suffered setbacks with Ciro Immobile and Nicolò Casale forced off injured in the first half, with the extent of the issues to be determined.