Malen nets hat-trick as Roma crush Pisa to consolide European position

[p][b]None of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]Roma[/a]’s prior 66 league matches ended goalless, and it took just three minutes for them to take the lead. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malen-donyell/KOdKXsao/"]Donyell Malen[/a] went on a mazy solo run before lashing past the helpless [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/semper-adrian/hEY0fdTF/"]Adrian Semper[/a].[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cristante-bryan/t6u0o3h7/"]Bryan Cristante[/a] then almost doubled their advantage with a bullet header from a corner that was well-blocked, as the Giallorossi were purring.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="3ff433b2-5976-44ec-9fad-9d59d9916cba" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="ffeea7ed-00d6-4868-bec9-dfce56ec1b39" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]They had to wait until the end of the first half for their second goal, though, as Malen grabbed his brace with a cool finish after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rensch-devyne/8WyJ5NrU/"]Devyne Rensch[/a] threaded the ball through. [/b][/p][p]Lorenzo Pellegrini had smashed the crossbar with a free-kick shortly before, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pisa/roasMsOT/"]Pisa[/a] really struggling to keep the hosts quiet. [/p][p]However, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hojholt-malthe/CYcsJc7H/"]Malthe Højholt[/a] squandered an opportunity to half the deficit early in the second half, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svilar-mile/xjK7spn1/"]Mile Svilar[/a] equal to his effort from the edge of the box.[/p][p][b]It would prove costly as Roma wrapped up the points just a few minutes after, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/soule-matias/fXK87Cpf/"]Matías Soulé[/a] fed Malen this time and the Dutchman made no mistake once again by finding the bottom corner for his hat-trick. [/b][/p][p]Pisa were dead and buried, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moreo-stefano/zFFYexZK/"]Stefano Moreo[/a] at least made Svilar work again before the hour mark as he headed towards goal from a free-kick. [/p][embed guid="77d8417a-b792-4fea-b98f-bc6c93434e1d" url="https://x.com/SerieA_EN/status/2042694678215020578" social-type="twitter" /][p]Roma understandably took their foot off the gas in the latter stages, with Pisa continuing to search for a consolation goal.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/adekunle-durosinmi/vJVd8Pk2/"]Rafiu Durosinmi[/a] tried his luck from range, but his shot was too tame to trouble Svilar, who made sure the visitors have now lost a league-high 14 games without scoring as they remain rooted to the bottom of the table and destined for a swift return to Serie B. [/p][p]In contrast, Roma won their 14th league match without conceding, a record only bettered by table-toppers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]Inter Milan[/a] (15), as they also maintain their 100% winning record against sides currently in the relegation zone (W5).[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malen-donyell/KOdKXsao/"]Donyell Malen[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]Roma[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/as-roma-zVqqL0ma/pisa-roasMsOT/?mid=QLtzs8Ar"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]