Under the management of Daniele De Rossi, Roma brings its entertaining, attacking football, which has not been seen for a long time, and it did not let up in the round of 16 against Brighton.
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The match was opened by Romelu Lukaku’s header, which was still saved by Jason Steele. Roma didn’t slow down and in the 13th minute Leandro Paredes teased it out with perfect pace Paulo Dybala, the Argentine outwitted the goalkeeper and shot into the empty net. (1-0)
In the first half, Roma had a great advantage on the pitch, and there were chances, but Steele kept Brighton’s hopes alive with great saves. However, in the 43rd minute Romelu Lukaku he easily went past the defenders on the right and fired into the bottom left corner. (4–0)
The Roma show continued in the second half as well, and earlier Gianluca Mancinithen Bryan Cristante scored a goal, thus the Italian team won 4-0 and can expect the rematch with a confident advantage.
Bayer Leverkusen, the undefeated leader of the Bundesliga, was surprised by a two-goal deficit at home to Qarabag of Azerbaijan, but in the second half Florian Wirtz and Patrick Shick also scored, Xabi Alonso’s team achieved a 2-2 draw in Azerbaijan.
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