February** Dynamic Incentive Program
Reaching the Europa League final last season raised hopes for Roma, but Mourinho could not escape the curse of a third year and was sacked due to poor results. After De Rossi took office, Roma won 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in 7 games, and the only defeat was against Inter, and the effect of fighting the fire was obvious. However, the prospect of Roma fighting for the top four is not optimistic, and if they want to qualify for the Champions League, they will most likely have to win the Europa League. On this matchday, Roma are back at home to face Feyenoord in their quest for Europa League last-16 qualification. Witnessed by 67,293 fans in attendance, Gimenez scored early, Manuel Pellegrini equalised and Romelu Lukaku missed the winner before the break. There was no winner in 30 minutes of extra time, and in the end, Roma won 4-2 on penalties and eliminated the opponent 6-4 on aggregate.
The two teams drew 1-1 in the first leg, and De Rossi continued the 4-3-3 formation for this game, with Svillar replacing Patricio in goal, Spinazzola, Mancini, Diego Llorente and Karlsdorp in defence, Cristante, Paredes and Pellegrini forming an iron triangle in midfield, Romelu Lukaku as a central striker, and El Shaarawy and Dybala on either side.
However, after the game started, Feyenoord got off to a dream start. Only 5 minutes into the opening game, Hartmann broke through the left side and crossed the bottom of the net, Weifel opened the penalty area, but Shaarawy cleared the kick and hit Gimenez and refracted into the net, Svillar could not do anything. Although the Roma crowd complained about the opponent's handball, the VAR verified that the goal was valid, 1-0!
Rome, lagging behind, was quick to respond. In the 10th minute, Paredes crossed from a corner, Mancini's header was blocked, Lukaku's outstretched shot was blocked, and then Diego Llorente fell to the ground in the box, and the Roma crowd called for a penalty, but the referee refused to award a penalty.
In the 15th minute, Roma still equalized: Shaarawy knocked back the triangle on the left, Pellegrini stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area to get rid of it in one go, and shot a world wave, the ball hung in the upper right corner of the goal, and the score became 1-1!
In the 21st minute, Spinazzola crossed 45° from the left, which landed just right, and Cristante flew to the top and missed. One minute later, Dybala crossed from the left, Cristante played the ball outside the box, Lukaku played the fulcrum role and knocked back with his back, Pellegrini followed up with a tackle and flew away, and Feyenoord was in front of the goal.
In the 37th minute, Cristante made a direct pass in front, Karlsdorp forced a shot from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, Lukaku complained that his teammates did not pass the ball, and the two teams returned to the dressing room with a score of 1-1.
In the 51st minute, El Shaarawy crossed from the left, Quinten Timber was not far away, and Dybala followed up with a volley that was blocked by Hancock. In the 70th minute, Dybala advanced with the ball and counterattacked, a straight kick was slightly more powerful, Verenreutt came out to confiscate the ball, and Shaarawy failed to get up.
In the 89th minute, El Shaarawy connected with Lukaku diagonally, but the latter made too many adjustments in front of the goal to get off the ground and missed a good chance to kill. The two teams played 1-1 in regulation time and 2-2 over two legs to go into extra time.
In the 113th minute, Jankuba-Mint pushed a shot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Svilar. In the 115th minute, Bardanzi crossed a low ball from the left, Lukaku scrambled to shoot half a beat slowly, and Werewth took the first step to confiscate the ball.
In the 120th minute, Baldanzi pushed forward to instigate a counter-attack and split the ball to Lukaku, who met the ball and fired a shot that was saved by Verenreut. After 30 minutes of extra time, the game was still scoreless and went into a brutal penalty shootout.
In the first round of the penalty shootout, Paredes scored, and Ueda Kiyo also scored. In the second round, Romelu Lukaku and Hancock were both saved. In the third round, Cristante scored, but Jahan's was saved. In the fourth round, Oyar scored a penalty, and Hartman withstood the pressure and scored.
In the final round, Zalewski withstood the pressure and scored, Roma won 4-2, eliminated Feyenoord 6-4 on aggregate, and advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League without danger.