Roma earned their first win of this season’s Women’s Champions League league phase by beating Servette 2–1 at the Tre Fontane on Tuesday, 10 November. Kayleigh van Dooren and Alayah Pilgrim scored before half-time, as confirmed by Roma’s matchday report. Servette reduced the deficit through a penalty but could not find an equaliser.
Captain Manuela Giugliano was central to the attacking improvement. UEFA’s account highlights her contribution to both goals and names her player of the match. Roma had failed to score in their opening three European fixtures, so the result ended a scoring drought as well as delivering a first victory. Those are separate advances: the attack finally converted its opportunities, and the team secured the three points.
Roma finished the game with four points from four matches, one more than Servette. The immediate consequence was a change in the balance between these two opponents. Their precise position across the whole league phase remained dependent on the other fixtures in the round, making the points comparison a clearer measure immediately after this match.
The second goal also proved decisive once Servette pulled one back. Roma’s task changed from extending a lead to protecting a single-goal advantage. Holding that position until the final whistle ensured the earlier attacking work produced a win, rather than another evening in which valuable European points slipped away.
Manuela Giugliano with Italy in April 2018; archival photograph, not from the Servette match. Photographer/creator: Threecharlie. Image source · CC BY-SA 4.0. 2018-04-10 17:45:35.
