Roma cruise to victory in friendly after smashing 16 goals past minnows Pinzolo Campiglio

ROMA got their pre-season off to a flier after smashing 16 goals past Italian minnows Pinzolo Campiglio.

Manchester City flop Edin Dzeko helped himself to four goals as the visitors took a healthy 9-0 lead into the break.

And Juan Iturbe -who played just one game during an ill-fated loan spell at Bournemouth last season – netted a second-half hat-trick.

Former Chelsea star Mohamed Salah was also involved as he got the Romans off to a flier with two early goals

Lorenzo Di Livio, Federico Ricci (two), Gerson, Ezequiel Ponce, Diego Perotti, Christian D’Urso and Vasilis Torosidis completed the rout.

Dzeko moved to Roma from Manchester City

Roma travel to America to play Liverpool in St Louis on August 2 and Jurgen Klopp’s men will clearly manage to practice their defending if they are in a similar mood.

They finished third in Seria A last season – 12 points off champions Juventus – meaning they will have to qualify for the Champions League through the play-offs.

Roma’s demolition broken down

• 16-0 (Iturbe)
• 15-0 (Di Livio)
• 14-0 (Ricci)
• 13-0 (Ponce)
• 12-0 (Gerson)
• 11-0 (Ricci)
• 10-0 (Iturbe)
• Half-time
• 9-0 (Perotti)
• 8-0 (Dzeko)
• 7-0 (Torosidis)
• 6-0 (Dzeko)
• 5-0 (Dzeko)
• 4-0 (D’Urso)
• 3-0 (Dzeko)
• 2-0 (Salah)
• 1-0 (Salah)