Former Black Stars attacker Emmanuel Gyasi was elected best player in Empoli Calcio historic away win over AS Roma in the Italian Serie A on Sunday evening.
Gyasi opened his season's goal-scoring account for Empoli Calcio to record a 2-1 victory over AS Roma in their match-week two fixture at the Stadio Olimpico.
Empoli enjoyed majority of possession in the opening minutes of the game and took advantage of their dominance to open the floodgate on the stroke of halftime through Emmanuel Gyasi.
Colombo flicked on the Giuseppe Pezzella cross from the left and Gyasi dived in with a clumsy, but still effective, tap-in at the back post in the 45th minute of the game.
Empoli doubled their lead at the Stadio Olimpico when Sebastiano Esposito was fouled just inside the penalty area. Colombo, who assied Gyasi for the opened, stepped up to convert the spot-kick by firing into the roof of the net.
A 80th minute header from Eldor Shomurodov wasn't enough to secure AS Roma a point at home as the game ended in a 2-1 win for Empoli Calcio.
Gyasi, who has capped only three times for Ghana, enjoyed the full duration of the game with standout performance which earned him the Man of the Match Award.
