Reggina 0 - 3 Roma
Mancini 30 (Ro), De Rossi 46 (Ro), Nonda 92 (Ro)
Stadio Granillo
The new-look Roma ran riot in Reggio Calabria and Shabani Nonda scored on his debut, but Antonio Cassano has been well and truly frozen out.
The Giallorossi hoped to bury the disappointments of recent months and Reggina defeated them twice last season. Antonio Cassano was left on the bench as his contract dispute drags on, while Philippe Mexes and Olivier Dacourt did not even make the trip due to injury.
The Amaranto have made few real changes from last term, although one of their new signings - goalkeeper Ivan Pelizzioli - immediately came face to face with his former teammates.
There was controversy after five minutes, as Amantino Mancini's spectacular curling strike from the edge of the box was disallowed. The Brazilian was certainly not offside, but the offending moment might have been Christian Panucci's handling offence in the build-up.
Reggina were doing well with chances for Simone Cavalli and Giacomo Tedesco skimming the woodwork.
Vincenzo Montella wasted a good opportunity when his first touch let him down, but Mancini eventually did get his name on the scoresheet.
Gaetano De Rosa tried to walk the ball out of defence, but was intercepted by Rodrigo Taddei and - at the third attempt - Mancini was able to turn into an empty net following a flapped Pelizzoli save.
Montella wasted another glorious chance to hit the back of the net, springing the offside trap only to fire wide with only Pelizzoli to beat. Taddei also gathered Leandro Cufre's pass after a Francesco Totti dummy, but his shot was off target.
Tellingly, at half-time the Roma benchwarmers did some light training with the ball, but Cassano remained alone with arms folded. It's possible this will be his final match for the club.
Roma doubled their lead within seconds of the restart. Daniele De Rossi slid on to a wayward Totti free kick from six yards, but once again former Giallorossi goalkeeper Pelizzoli was at fault, allowing the ball to go between his legs.
Reggina faced an uphill struggle that only got worse after Carles Paredes was sent off for elbowing Simone Perrotta in the centre of the penalty area.
Nonetheless, Gianluca Curci was tested by a Tedesco piledriver and the Amaranto refused to give in.
Shabani Nonda was given his Serie A debut, replacing Montella for the final 15 minutes of the match. Cufre' fired Perrotta's pass wide from close range and Totti's goal was disallowed for an earlier Nonda foul.
Mancini also rattled the woodwork in stoppages, but Nonda made the final score 3-0 to Roma with a stylish finish on Totti's assist.
Reggina: Pelizzoli; Zoppetti (Biondini 70), De Rosa, Franceschini; Mesto, Paredes, Tedesco, Rigoni (Vigiani 49), Balestri; Cavalli (Modesto 80), Bianchi
Roma: Curci; Panucci, Kuffour, Chivu, Cufrè; De Rossi, Perrotta (Aquilani 89); Mancini, Totti, Taddei (Rosi 93); Montella (Nonda 74)
Ref: Rosetti
Sent off: Paredes 58 (Re)
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WE WON!!!!!!! WE WON!!!!!!!!! WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great start to the season, i hope we can build on this and continue against stronger teams