Football. ua represents Shakhtar's rival in the eighth finals of the Champions League - Italian Roma.
Speech in the playoffs Shakhtar will start a home match against the vice-champion of Italy - Roma.
Roma was established on June 7, 1927 by unifying the three metropolitan teams - Roman, Alba-Audace and Fortuito Pro Roma. The initiator of the appearance of Roma and her first president was the secretary of the Roman federation of the fascist party, Italo Foschi, who dreamed of creating a team capable of fighting against the northern giants - Genoa, Torino, Juventus, Inter and Bologna. Miraculously avoided entering Roma Lazio, whose "independence" was defended by another fascist authority - police general Giorgio Vaccaro.
The first match the newly-made capital team held on July 17, 1927 against the vice-champion of Hungary Uipest and won - 2: 1. The debut in the championship of Italy took place in the season-1927/1928, and the first official match took place on September 25, 1927, and in it the "wolves" defeated Livorno - 2: 0. In his history, only in the season-1951/1952 Roma was not present in the ethical division of the Italian championship.
Roma became the champion of Italy three times - in 1942, in 1983 and in 2001. Nine times, the "wolves" won the Cup (1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007 and 2008) and twice (2001, 2007) Italian Super Cup. In the European arena on the account of the Romans the victory in the Cup of Fairs of 1961.
Roma for the twelfth time stands in the Cup / Champions League. The debut took place in 1983: in the first round on the sum of two meetings the Romans passed Swedish Gothenburg - 3: 0 and 1: 2. At the same time, from the first attempt, the "wolves" achieved their greatest success in the most prestigious club tournament of the Old World - reached the final, in which they lost to Liverpool (1: 1, 2: 4 on penalties).
Four ways Roma in the Champions League intersected with representatives of Ukraine. In the 2004/05 season in the group round, the Romans, losing 0: 1 at home to Dynamo, got a 0: 3 technical loss because of the fans who threw the field with foreign objects, one of which smashed the head of the referee. Ceded Roma and away - 0: 2. In season-2006/2007 also in the group round Roma twice met with Shakhtar - home win 4: 0 and defeat at the away 0: 1. A year later, in the group of the Champions League, Roma easily figured out Dynamo - 2: 0 and 4: 1, and in the 1/8 finals of the season-2010/2011, also lost to Shakhtar - 2: 3 and 0: 3.
In the current season of the Champions League, Roma began performing with a group round in which she made a mini-sensation, ranking first in the company with Chelsea, Atletico and Karabakh. The Romans twice defeated Azerbaijanis - 1: 0 and 2: 1, tied and lost to "mattress" - 0: 0 and 0: 2 and also broke the world and defeated "pensioners" - 3: 3 and 3: 0.
Under the guidance of the new coach Eusebio Di Francesco Roma this season has changed. If before the visiting card of the team was a reckless attack, then Di Francesco began by setting up a game on the defensive, for which he first received a lot of critical arrows in his address. However, now the tonality of experts and fans after the team won the Champions League group and goes on the fourth place with the leader behind only by five points (when playing in the reserve), has changed almost diametrically.
The first match between Shakhtar and Roma will be held in Kharkov, and the return will be played at the Roman Stadium of Olimpico, which accommodates 72,698 fans who fanatically support their team.
Composition Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker, Andrea Romagnoli, Lukasz Skorupski, Stefano Greco, Emanuele Zamarion, Alessio Pagliarini.
Defenders: Luca Pellegrini, Joao Jesus, Alexandar Kolarov, Hector Moreno, Federico Fasio, Nura Abdullahi, Bruno Perez, Rick Karsdorp, Stefano Chiavattini, Andrea Ciophi, Costas Manolas, Lirim Kastrati, Silvio Anochic, Riccardo Carniolotti.
Midfielders: Raja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Daniele De Rossi, Cengiz Under, Maxim Gonalon, Alessandro Florenci, Gerson, Dario Meadows, Andrea Marcucci.
Forwards: Diego Perotti, Edin Dzeko, Patrick Schick, Grkguar Defler, Mirko Antonouchi, Riccardo Kappa, Stefan El Shaarawi.
Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco.
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