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.

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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)