Berke Özer Saves Three Penalties as Lille Beat Roma

Lille upset AS Roma 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico after goalkeeper Berke Özer saved three consecutive penalties late in the match. Hakon Arnar Haraldsson put Lille ahead in the sixth minute, and Roma were awarded a spot-kick in the 80th minute for an Aïssa Mandi handball. Artem Dovbyk’s first penalty was saved, then ordered retaken after Romain Perraud was judged to have encroached clearing the rebound; Dovbyk’s second attempt was saved but ordered retaken because Özer was off his line, and Matías Soulé’s third attempt was then denied by Özer to end the game. Özer described the night as like being in a dream, Lille coach Bruno Génésio praised the feat, and Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini called the sequence almost unique. The result secured Lille’s second Europa League win of the campaign.