Roma handed 3-0 loss for using ineligible player

Posted September 22, 2020 7:00 am

The Associated Press

ROME (AP) - Roma was issued a 3-0 loss to Hellas Verona by Serie A's disciplinary judge on Tuesday for using an ineligible player.

The match -- the league opener for both teams -- ended 0-0 on Saturday.

Midfielder Amadou Diawara started the match but was not listed on Roma's 25-man team list. Diawara, who turned 23 in July, was no longer eligible for Roma Under-22s like last season.

The game was Roma's first under new owners, after the Texas-based Friedkin Group took control of the club from fellow American James Pallotta last month.

Also, Verona coach Ivan JuriÄ‡ was fined 5,000 euros (nearly $6,000) for having 'œinferred directions to his team on multiple occasions'ť even though he was suspended for the match.

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