Diego Perotti, Edin Dzeko and youth team player Riccardo Marchizza scored as Roma beat Terek Grozny 3-2.
Juan Jesus made his Giallorossi debut in defence and the game was broadcast live on Facebook.
Bogdan Lobont was forced into an early save on Grozav, who dribbled past Vasilis Torosidis, while Edin Dzeko couldn’t get on the end of a Mario Rui assist.
Mohamed Salah’s cross was only cleared as far as Diego Perotti for a low drive into the near bottom corner just before half-time.
Diego Perotti, Edin Dzeko and youth team player Riccardo Marchizza scored as Roma beat Terek Grozny 3-2.
Juan Jesus made his Giallorossi debut in defence and the game was broadcast live on Facebook.
Bogdan Lobont was forced into an early save on Grozav, who dribbled past Vasilis Torosidis, while Edin Dzeko couldn’t get on the end of a Mario Rui assist.
Mohamed Salah’s cross was only cleared as far as Diego Perotti for a low drive into the near bottom corner just before half-time.
Juan Manuel Iturbe came off the bench and almost immediately fired well wide in a promising counter-attack, but Terek Grozny equalised after Emerson Palmieri was dispossessed in the final third, allowing a Gheorghe Grozav angled drive.
It didn’t last long, as moments later Francesco Totti’s delightful first-time assist over the defence from midfield sent Edin Dzeko clear for a cool finish.
That was only a taster, as Totti – who turns 40 in September – sprayed remarkably accurate passes from the centre circle for Iturbe and Emerson Palmieri.
Iturbe’s strike was well parried and Moustapha Seck needed practically a goal-line clearance after Lobont was caught out.
Terek Grozny did get their equaliser, as Lobont was surprised by a well-taken Grozav free kick into the near top corner.
Ezequiel Ponce missed a sitter, but made up for it when his header bounced off the upright and 18-year-old Riccardo Marchizza tapped in the rebound.
Iturbe thought he’d made it 4-2 in stoppages, but was denied by a splendid one-handed save.
Roma 3-2 Terek Grozny
Perotti 41 (R), Grozav 53, 81 (T), Dzeko 55 (R), Marchizza 85 (R)
Roma: Lobont; Torosidis (Di Livio 84), Manolas (Gyomber 46), Juan Jesus (Marchizza 76), Mario Rui (Seck 46); D’Urso (Ricci 46), Strootman (De Santis 69), Emerson Palmieri; Salah (Iturbe 46), Dzeko (Ponce 69), Perotti (Totti 46)