{"id":289040,"date":"2023-09-18T00:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T00:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289040"},"modified":"2023-09-18T00:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T00:34:23","slug":"romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Romelu Lukaku gets off the mark for Roma after sealing loan move from Chelsea as he nets in 7-0 demolition of Empoli&#8230; but boss Jose Mourinho claims he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t know how to play for us yet&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Romelu Lukaku opened his goals account for Roma in a dominant Serie A win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roma thrashed league minnows Empoli 7-0 as Lukaku got off the mark<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roma boss Jose Mourinho insisted his new star striker &#8216;needs to be happy&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku got off the mark for Roma on Sunday evening by scoring his first goal for the club in a 7-0 thrashing of Empoli.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian is spending the season on loan at the Serie A giant after being deemed surplus to requirements by Chelsea following a disastrous return to the club.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku was still searching for the elusive strike to ignite his Roma career and fired in a sixth goal for the hosts in the 86th-minute.<\/p>\n<p>A blistering counter-attack was rounded off by the 30-year-old as he finished with a toe-poke into the bottom corner to guarantee Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side a first league win of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Lukaku started his first Serie A match after Mourinho opted to relegate\u00a0Andrea Belotti to the bench, and repaid the faith shown in him by scoring late-on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75538403-12529499-image-a-32_1694991134233.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Romelu Lukaku (left) opened his goals account in Sunday&#8217;s dominant win over Empoli<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75538401-12529499-image-a-33_1694991145661.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lukaku is on loan at Roma after falling out of favour at Chelsea following a disastrous return to the club<\/p>\n<p>Former Juventus forward Paulo Dybala scored twice, while there were also goals for Renato Sanches, Bryan Cristante and Gianluca Mancini along with an own goal.<\/p>\n<p>Roma players celebrated emphatically with Lukaku as he stayed cool to fire in the sixth goal of the match and there was a huge release of emotion around the ground as the former Manchester United striker finally found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho credited Lukaku for bringing a &#8216;different feel&#8217; to his time when speaking after the match, but insisted the Belgian&#8217;s first goal &#8216;wasn&#8217;t important&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was not important for me. It might be important for him, I know strikers live for the goal,&#8217; said Mourinho.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/17\/23\/75538399-12529499-image-a-34_1694991149999.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roma manager Jose Mourinho (middle) insisted it &#8216;doesn&#8217;t matter&#8217; if Lukaku (right) scores<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since the moment he arrived, he has been all about the team and it doesn&#8217;t matter if he scores or not. Obviously, he feels happier coming off after a goal and it&#8217;s perfect for him, especially to score in front of the Curva.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Romelu brings a different profile to the team and we still need to learn how to play for him, because we don&#8217;t have the hang of it yet, nor does he know how to play for us. We have time to work on it and games help that too.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Romelu needs to be happy, needs to feel loved and wanted. He arrived here, immediately realised the team needed a player like him. He is a guy who likes to win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think Inter have any reason to be angry, because they won the derby 5-1 and have so many extraordinary strikers. So they ought to be happy for their ex-coach who really needed a striker.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12529499\/Romelu-Lukaku-Roma-goal-empoli-jose-mourinho.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Romelu Lukaku gets off the mark for Roma after sealing loan move from Chelsea as he nets in 7-0 demolition of Empoli&#8230; but boss Jose <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\" title=\"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Romelu Lukaku gets off the mark for Roma after sealing loan move from Chelsea as he nets in 7-0 demolition of Empoli&#8230; but boss Jose [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Romelu-Lukaku-scores-his-first-Roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\",\"name\":\"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft","og_description":"Romelu Lukaku gets off the mark for Roma after sealing loan move from Chelsea as he nets in 7-0 demolition of Empoli&#8230; but boss Jose [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Romelu-Lukaku-scores-his-first-Roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/","name":"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-18T00:34:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/romelu-lukaku-scores-his-first-roma-goal-in-dominant-7-0-win\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Romelu Lukaku scores his first Roma goal in dominant 7-0 win"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}