De Rossi puts Roma back in hunt for Champions League place

Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - FC Porto v AS Roma - Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal - March 6, 2019 AS Roma's Daniele De Rossi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Miguel Vidal

MILAN (Reuters) - AS Roma captain Daniele De Rossi put them back in the hunt for a Champions League place when his goal earned Claudio Ranieri's side a 1-0 win at Sampdoria on Saturday.

An even contest was heading towards a goalless draw until Aleksandar Kolarov's outswinging corner was headed towards goal by Patrik Schick, goalkeeper Emil Audero saved but the ball bounced off De Rossi and into the goal.