Time.news – It will be a night of wolves today at the Olimpico, the night of the return of the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Roma, after the heavy 2-1 triumph in Amsterdam last Thursday, will be called upon to defend the precious advantage from Ajax’s desire for revenge.
Even a 1-0 defeat would be enough for the Giallorossi, but nothing has already been decided and the semifinals up for grabs are still to be won with nails, teeth and heart.
The same heart showed at the Johan Cruijff Arena, which led to a good comeback after the penalty saved by Pau Lopez in the most difficult moment of the match. Fonseca’s team will also need a lot of character, which fortunately will find two very important pawns from the beginning such as Mkhitaryan and Karsdorp, absent 7 days ago respectively due to injury and disqualification.
For the rest it will probably be the same lineup seen in Amsterdam, with Calafiori replacing the injured Spinazzola again. Diawara and Veretout will command the median, while Dzeko will regain his place in attack at the expense of Mayoral. For the lancers Ten Hag will probably opt for the same eleven as last week, with the exception of the disqualified Rensch who will leave the right lane to Klaiber.
A few more hours and we will discover the European destiny of Roma, the only Italian representative still in the running in continental competitions: on the horizon there is the double semifinal with Manchester United (winning in Granada 2-0 in the first leg match), but it will be necessary another 90 strong minutes to hit the important goal. In a period that is a bit too fluctuating in the league, Roma will once again try to make themselves beautiful in Europe.
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