Roma face adult to Barcelona challenge
AS Roma have it all to do in a second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final opposite FC Barcelona carrying been beaten 4-1 in Spain.
• Own goals from Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas were combined to by Gerard Piqué at a Camp Nou on 4 April. Although Edin Džeko quickly lifted Roma spirits, a late fourth for Luis Suárez gave Barcelona a gentle pillow in a tie.
• Roma 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 sum win during this stage.
• 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.
• The Italian bar have now mislaid dual of their 5 fixtures opposite Barcelona – a 6-1 retreat during a Camp Nou a final time a teams crossed paths dual seasons ago and this initial leg.
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 was cancelled out by a fantastic Alessandro Florenzi idea 10 mins after to acquire Roma a point.
• The line-ups during a Stadio Olimpico on 16 Sep 2015 were:
Roma: Szczęsny (De Sanctis 50), Florenzi (Torosidis 85), Manolas, Rüdiger, Digne, Nainggolan, De Rossi, Keita, Iago Falqué (Iturbe 81), Salah, Džeko.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Piqué, Mathieu, Alba, Busquets, Rakitić (Rafinha 61; Mascherano 65), Iniesta, Messi, Suárez, Neymar.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• The teams in Rome on 26 Feb 2002 were:
Roma: Antonioli, Cafu, Panucci, Samuel, Zebina, Lima, Emerson, Candela, Totti (Cassano 87), Delvecchio (Montella 46), Batistuta (Tommasi 72).
Barcelona: Reina, Puyol, Christanval, De Boer, Sergi (Xavi 78), Cocu, Motta (Overmars 65), Luis Enrique (Rochemback 82), Gerard, Rivaldo, Kluivert.
Match background
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 4 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 sum 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 improved opposite Atlético Madrid in a organisation stage.Â
• Roma’s altogether record opposite Spanish clubs is W10 D5 L16; during home it reads W6 D2 L7. They are though a win in 4 home fixtures with Liga sides during a Stadio Olimpico, given a 2-1 scalp of Real Madrid in a 2007/08 turn of 16; Florenzi’s 2015 idea opposite Barcelona is a usually time they found a net in those 4 matches.
• That win during Villarreal final deteriorate is Roma’s usually success in their final 9 games opposite Spanish sides, home and divided (D2 L6); 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 improved 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 24 games in a foe (D8 L11), nonetheless they have triumphed in 4 of their final eight.
• Despite a defeats of Chelsea, Qarabağ and Shakhtar this season, Roma have won usually 4 of their final 11 home matches in a UEFA Champions League – subordinate included – losing four.
• Roma overturned an divided first-leg improved in a turn of 16, losing 2-1 during FC Shakhtar Donetsk though surpassing on divided goals after a 1-0 feat during home. That gave them a sum record W7 L14 when they mislaid a initial leg away, and finished a run of 6 true defeats in such ties.
• A two-goal domain is a biggest divided first-leg necessity a Italian bar have overturned during home; opposite Dundee United FC in a 1983/84 European Cup semi-finals (0-2 away, 3-0 home) and FK Partizan in a 1988/89 UEFA Cup second turn (2-4 away, 2-0 home).
• Roma’s record in 4 UEFA chastisement shoot-outs is W1 L3:
6-7 v Arsenal FC, 2008/09 UEFA Champions League turn of 16
3-4 v Real Zaragoza, 1986/87 European Cup Winners’ Cup initial round
3-4 v Liverpool FC, 1983/84 European Champion Clubs’ Cup final
4-2 v IFK Norrköping, 1982/83 UEFA Cup second round
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 Italian antithesis in this season’s competition, holding 4 points off Juventus in a organisation theatre including a 3-0 home win on matchday one.
• This deteriorate a Spanish side picked adult 5 points on their travels in finishing tip of Group D, winning 1-0 during Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday two before 0-0 draws during both Olympiacos and Juventus on matchday five. They drew 1-1 during Chelsea FC in a turn of 16 initial leg, winning a lapse 3-0. They have therefore conceded usually one divided idea in this season’s competition.
• Barcelona’s record divided to Serie A clubs is W6 D10 L6. They are though a win in their final 6 trips (D4 L2).
• Barcelona have won 5 of their final 15 divided matches in a competition, sketch 5 and losing five. They have mislaid 3 of their final 8 divided games in a UEFA Champions League, including a 4-0 improved during Paris in final season’s turn of 16 initial leg and a eventually essential 3-0 quarter-final first-leg detriment during Juve.
• The improved during Juventus in final season’s quarter-final initial leg is Barcelona’s usually retreat in their final 11 meetings with Serie A sides, home and divided (W6 D4).
• Barcelona have won 38 of a 41 UEFA foe ties in that they won a initial leg during home, nonetheless they mislaid a many recent, opposite Club Atlético de Madrid in a 2015/16 quarter-finals (2-1 home, 0-2 away). The other dual defeats came opposite English clubs: in a 1983/84 European Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final opposite Manchester United FC (2-0 home, 0-3 away) and in a 1982 UEFA Super Cup opposite Aston Villa FC (1-0 home, 0-3 away).
• Barcelona’s shoot-out record in UEFA foe is W5 L1:
5-4 v KKS Lech PoznaÅ„, 1988/89 European Cup Winners’ Cup second round
0-2 v FC Steaua BucureÅŸti, 1985/86 European Cup final
5-4 v IFK Göteborg, 1985/86 European Cup semi-final
4-1 v RSC Anderlecht, 1978/79 European Cup Winners’ Cup second round
3-1 v Ipswich Town FC, 1977/78 UEFA Cup third round
5-4 v AZ Alkmaar, 1977/78 UEFA Cup second round
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 organisation 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 flog 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:
Radja Nainggolan Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium)
Alisson Paulinho (Brazil)
Federico Fazio, Diego Perotti Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Rick Karsdorp, Kevin Strootman Jasper Cillessen (Netherlands)
• Have played together:
Maxime Gonalons Samuel Umtiti (Olympique Lyonnais 2012–16)
Federico Fazio Paulinho (Tottenham Hotspur FC 2014/15)
Ivan Rakitić Diego Perotti, Federico Fazio (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.
Match facts
Roma
• Diego Perotti and Kostas Manolas will catch a anathema with their subsequent bookings.
• The first-leg detriment during Barcelona finished Roma’s five-match dominant run in all competitions (W4 D1).*
• The Giallorossi have won 3 of their final 4 home matches, losing a other, though before that run had unsuccessful to win in 4 games during a Stadio Olimpico (D1 L3) Overall during home this deteriorate Roma’s home record is W12 D2 L6.*
• Eusebio Di Francesco’s side have scored 3 or some-more goals 6 times during home so distant this season.*
• Roma have kept purify sheets in their final dual home matches, carrying not managed one in a prior six. They have available 9 purify sheets in 20 home fixtures in 2017/18, including in all 4 UEFA Champions League outings.*
• Eight of a 24 Serie A goals Roma have conceded this deteriorate have come in a final 15 minutes.*
• Edin Džeko scored twice opposite SSC Napoli on 3 March, holding his sum for Roma to 50 goals. The Bosnian striker is a initial actor to measure 50 goals in a Bundesliga, Premier League and Serie A.
• Alessandro Florenzi missed a chastisement in a 1-0 home improved opposite UC Sampdoria on 28 January. It was Roma’s fourth chastisement disaster in all competitions this deteriorate after Perotti (two) and Džeko; notwithstanding Grégoire Defrel’s successful mark flog opposite Benevento on 11 February, a Giallorossi have missed 4 of their final 6 penalties.*
• Džeko missed a chastisement in a Coppa Italia improved opposite Torino FC on 20 December, his third uninterrupted disaster from a mark for Roma.*
• Cengiz Ãœnder scored his initial Roma idea in a 1-0 win during AC Chievo Verona on 4 February; a 20-year-old Turkish brazen now has 6 in his final 9 appearances for a club, and scored in Turkey’s 2-2 pull with Montenegro on 27 March.*
• Radja Nainggolan has been out given pang a thigh damage opposite Bologna FC on 31 March; Cengiz Ünder missed that game, also with a thigh problem, and has not featured since.*
• Rick Karsdorp has been sidelined given Oct and has undergone an operation following his second critical knee damage of a season.
Barcelona
• Sergi Roberto is a engagement divided from a ban.
• Barcelona are a usually organisation still dominant in this season’s Liga (W23 D7).*
• Barcelona have won usually one of their final 4 divided games, sketch a other three.
• Since losing 2-0 during Real Madrid in a Spanish Super Cup on 16 August, Barcelona’s divided record is W14 D9 L1. They have scored in all though 4 of their 25 divided games this season, sketch 0-0 during Juventus and Olympiacos in a UEFA Champions League organisation theatre and losing during Madrid and RCD Espanyol (0-1) in a Copa del Rey quarter-final initial leg on 17 January, and have kept 14 purify sheets.
• Only 5 of Barcelona’s 76 goals in this season’s Liga have come in a initial 15 minutes.*
• Messi had scored in his 8 uninterrupted Barcelona games before sketch a vacant in a initial leg, 9 goals in total. He got his 600th career idea for bar and nation opposite Atlético Madrid on 4 March.*
• Luis Suárez has 8 goals in his final 11 matches for bar and country. His first-leg idea opposite Roma was his initial in a UEFA Champions League given 8 Mar 2017; his final 11 goals in a foe have come during a Camp Nou.*
• Paco Alcácer got his initial Liga idea given 4 Nov in Barcelona’s 2-0 improved of Athletic Club on 18 March.
• The Espanyol detriment was Ernesto Valverde side’s initial improved in all competitions given a Spanish Super Cup second-leg detriment during Real Madrid. The Blaugrana’s record given that Madrid detriment is W35 D11 L1.*
• Sergio Busquets (out given 14 March, metatarsal) and Nélson Semedo (out given 24 February, hamstring) returned from damage in a initial leg.*
• Barça will play Sevilla FC during a Estadio Metropolitano, home of Atlético Madrid, in a Copa del Rey final on 21 April. Barcelona have won a prize in a final 3 seasons.
*Subject to weekend updates