Barcelona rigging adult for Roma opener
FC Barcelona are in a UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for a record 11th deteriorate in a row, and last-eight opponents AS Roma are informed foes – nonetheless a Italian side are during this theatre for a initial time in a decade.
• Barça went on to a semi-finals for 6 years using between 2008 and 2013, nonetheless their final dual campaigns – and 3 of a final 4 – have been finished during this stage.
• Roma, meanwhile, have mislaid both their prior UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, a many new of that came a decade ago. The Giallorossi’s usually other last-eight tie, in 1983/84, also featured their solitary total win during this stage.
• The Italian bar have a important record opposite Barcelona, losing usually one of their 4 fixtures – nonetheless that was a 6-1 retreat during a Camp Nou a final time a teams crossed paths dual seasons ago.
Previous meetings
• The teams were final interconnected together in a 2015/16 organisation stage, when they drew 1-1 in Italy. Luis Suárez’s 21st-minute opener during a Stadio Olimpico was cancelled out by a fantastic Alessandro Florenzi idea 10 mins after to acquire Roma a point.
• Barcelona were gentle winners in a retreat tie in Spain, Suárez and Lionel Messi any scoring twice with Gerard Piqué and Adriano also on aim in a 6-1 home success. Edin Džeko, who missed a late penalty, got a satisfaction for Roma in combined time.
• The teams during a Camp Nou on 24 Nov 2015 were:
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Alves, Piqué (Bartra 56), Vermaelen, Alba, Busquets (Samper 46), Rakitić, Sergi Roberto (Adriano 64), Messi, Neymar, Suárez.
Roma: Szczęsny, Maicon, Manolas, Rüdiger, Digne, Keita, Falqué, Nainggolan (Iturbe 46), Pjanić (Salih Uçan 75), Florenzi (Vainqueur 58), Džeko.
• The clubs’ other meetings came in a 2001/02 UEFA Champions League second organisation stage, starting with a 1-1 draw during a Camp Nou, where Patrick Kluivert leveled a Christian Panucci goal.
• The line-ups in Barcelona on 20 Feb 2002 were:
Barcelona: Reina, Puyol, Christanval, F De Boer, Sergi (Xavi 74), Cocu, Motta (Rochembak 68), Luis Enrique, Saviola (Overmars 57), Rivaldo, Kluivert.
Roma: Antonioli, Cafu, Panucci, Samuel, Zebina, Lima (Guigou 74), Tommasi, Emerson, Candela, Totti (Delvecchio 81), Batistuta.
• Roma won a lapse 3-0 with Emerson, Vincenzo Montella and Damiano Tomassi scoring. Barcelona still won a group, with Roma separated in third place.
Match background
Barcelona
• Barcelona’s record in European Cup quarter-finals is W14 L5, with 3 of those defeats entrance in a past 4 ties:
2016/17 Juventus L 0-3 (0-3 a, 0-0 h)
2015/16 Club Atlético de Madrid L 2-3 (2-1 h, 0-2 a)
2014/15 Paris Saint-Germain W 5-1 (3-1 a, 2-0 h)
2013/14 Club Atlético de Madrid L 1-2 (1-1 h, 0-1 a)
2012/13 Paris Saint-Germain W 3-3, divided goals (2-2 a, 1-1 h)
2011/12 AC Milan W 3-1 (0-0 a, 3-1 h)
2010/11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk W 6-1 (5-1 h, 1-0 a)
2009/10 Arsenal FC W 6-3 (2-2 a, 4-1 h)
2008/09 FC Bayern München W 5-1 (4-0 h, 1-1 a)
2007/08 FC Schalke 04 W 2-0 (1-0 a, 1-0 h)
2005/06 SL Benfica W 2-0 (0-0 a, 2-0 h)
2002/03 Juventus L 2-3 (1-1 a, 1-2 h aet)
2001/02 Panathinaikos FC W 3-2 (0-1 a, 3-1 h)
1999/00 Chelsea FC W 6-4 (1-3 a, 5-1 h aet)
1994/95 Paris Saint-Germain L 2-3 (1-1 h, 1-2 a)
1985/86 Juventus W 2-1 (1-0 h, 1-1 a)
1974/75 Ã…tvidabergs FF W 5-0 (2-0 h, 3-0 a)
1960/61 DSO Spartak Hradec Králové W 5-1 (4-0 h, 1-1 a)
1959/60 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC W 9-2 (4-0 h, 5-2 a)
• The Spanish club’s seductiveness in final season’s foe was finished by Italian antithesis during this stage, Juventus winning 3-0 in a home initial leg and overall.
• Barcelona’s record in two-legged ties opposite Italian sides is W8 L4.
• The Blaugrana have already got a improved of Spanish antithesis in this season’s competition, holding 4 points off Juventus in a organisation theatre interjection to a 3-0 home win and a goalless pull in Italy.
• Barcelona’s record during home to Serie A clubs is W15 D6 L2. They are dominant in their final 12 home fixtures opposite Italian visitors, winning nine, given losing 2-1 to Juve in a 2002/03 quarter-final second leg.
• The better during Juventus in final season’s quarter-final initial leg is Barcelona’s usually retreat in their final 10 meetings with Serie A sides, home and divided (W5 D4).
• The Spanish giants have won all 4 home games in this season’s competition, scoring 8 goals and surrender usually one in violence Juventus (3-0), Olympiacos FC (3-1) and Sporting Clube de Portugal (2-0) in a organisation stage. In a turn of 16, Chelsea were beaten 3-0 in a home second leg to finish a 4-1 total success.
• Barcelona are dominant in 25 UEFA Champions League home matches, a run that started in Sep 2013 (W23 D2). The dual draws, opposite Atlético and Juventus, came in quarter-final total defeats.
• Barcelona have won 8 of their final 10 home knockout matches (D2), given a 0-3 home retreat opposite Bayern in a 2012/13 semi-final second leg.
Roma
• Roma’s record in European Cup quarter-finals is W1 L2:
2007/08 Manchester United FC L 0-3 (0-2 h, 0-1 a)
2006/07 Manchester United FC L 3-8 (2-1 h, 1-7 a)
1983/84 Berliner FC Dynamo W 4-2 (3-0 h, 1-2 a)
• The Italian bar have mislaid their final 3 matches in a quarter-finals.
• Roma’s record in two-legged ties opposite Spanish clubs is W3 L4. Their many new tie came opposite Villarreal CF in final season’s UEFA Europa League turn of 32, when a 4-0 divided first-leg success set adult a 4-1 total victory.
• Eusebio Di Francesco’s side have already faced Spanish antithesis in this season’s UEFA Champions League, recording a 0-0 home pull and a 2-0 divided better opposite Atlético Madrid in a organisation stage.Â
• Roma’s divided record opposite Spanish rivals is now W4 D3 L8.
• That win during Villarreal final deteriorate is Roma’s usually success in their final 8 games opposite Italian sides, home and divided (D2 L5); they had won their prior 3 matches before that run.
• The 2-1 feat during QarabaÄŸ FK on matchday dual was Roma’s initial win in 8 UEFA Champions League matches, home and divided and including qualifying, given a 3-2 home feat over Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 4 Nov 2015. Matchday four’s 3-0 scalp of Chelsea FC, a 1-0 home win opposite QarabaÄŸ in their final organisation fixture and a round of 16 second-leg better of FC Shakhtar Donetsk by a same scoreline (2-2 aggregate, Roma win on divided goal) still meant they have now won usually 5 of their final 23 games in a foe (D8 L10), nonetheless they have triumphed in 4 of their final seven.
Coach and actor links
• Thomas Vermaelen spent 2016/17 on loan during Roma from Barcelona, creation 9 Serie A appearances.
• Lucas Digne was on loan during Roma from Paris in 2015/16. He done 33 Serie A appearances, scoring 3 times.
• Federico Fazio played 153 Liga games for Sevilla FC in dual spells between 2007 and 2016, scoring 12 goals. His record opposite Barcelona was W1 D2 L4.
• Diego Perotti played 117 Liga games for Sevilla between 2008 and 2014. He faced Barça 6 times (W2 D1 L3).
• Džeko was in a Manchester City group separated by Barcelona during a last-16 theatre in 2013/14 and 2014/15.
• Italy’s Daniele De Rossi scored a chastisement equaliser opposite a Spain side featuring Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Andrés Iniesta in a 1-1 2018 FIFA World Cup subordinate pull in Oct 2016.
• All 5 – and Italy’s Florenzi – also played when a Azzurri kick Spain 2-0 in a UEFA EURO 2016 turn of 16.
• Alba scored and Busquets, Piqué and Iniesta also played in Spain’s 4-0 victory over De Rossi’s Italy in a UEFA EURO 2012 final. De Rossi missed a chastisement as Italy mislaid a shoot-out to Spain in a UEFA EURO 2008 quarter-finals.
• De Rossi (Italy), Iniesta, Piqué and Busquets (Spain) all scored from a mark as Spain prevailed 7-6 on penalties after a goalless pull in a semi-final of a 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.
• Uruguay’s Luis Suárez scored past Brazil goalkeeper Allison in a 2-2 World Cup subordinate pull in Mar 2016.
• Džeko and Piqué both scored as Spain degraded Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-2 in a 2010 World Cup qualifier. Busquets and Iniesta also played for Spain.
• Džeko also found a net opposite a Belgium side featuring Vermaelen in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying. Belgium prevailed 3-1.
• International team-mates:
Thomas Vermaelen Radja Nainggolan (Belgium)
Paulinho Alisson (Brazil)
Lionel Messi Federico Fazio, Diego Perotti (Argentina)
Jasper Cillessen Rick Karsdorp, Kevin Strootman (Netherlands)
• Have played together:
Samuel Umtiti Maxime Gonalons (Olympique Lyonnais 2012–16)
Paulinho Federico Fazio (Tottenham Hotspur FC 2014/15)
Diego Perotti, Federico Fazio Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla 2011–14)
• Monchi spent 11 years as a actor with Sevilla before apropos a club’s sporting executive in 2000. In 2017 he took a identical purpose with Roma.