Roma defeated its host Milan, with a clean goal, at the end of the first half of the Italian confrontation, currently being held at the “San Siro” stadium, in the first leg of the European League quarter-finals.
Gianluca Mancini scored Roma’s goal, 17 minutes into the match, from a header that landed to the right of the Milan goalkeeper, taking advantage of a cross from Paulo Dybala, from a corner kick.
⚽️🔥 Mancini opens the scoring for Roma with a perfect header#European_League | #Milan_Roma #UEL pic.twitter.com/e4fhNdPfCh
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Milan vs Roma
The formation of Rome was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Svilar.
Defense: Smalling, Spinazzola, Mancini and Celek.
Midfield: Cristante, Paredes and Pellegrini.
Attack: Dybala, Lukaku and El Shaarawy.
On the other hand, Milan will enter the match with a formation consisting of:
Goalkeeper: Maignan.
Defense: Calabria, Thiao, Gabia and Hernandez.
Midfield: Bennacer, Reynders and Loftus-Cheek.
Attack: Giroud, Pulisic and Leao.
Milan vs Roma
The Italian team Milan will host its rival Roma in a strong confrontation at nine in the evening in the first leg of the European League quarter-finals.
Milan and Roma met 33 times in various tournaments. Milan won 15 matches, tied 10 times, and Roma won 8 matches.
Milan, the 7-time European League champion, is performing exceptionally well this season in the tournament, as it finished second in its group, while Roma ranked first in its group.
While Roma is the runner-up of the European League in 1991, it aspires to achieve its first title in the tournament, and relies on its Italian star, Tammy Abraham.
The semi-finals will be held on May 2 and the second leg on May 9, and finally the final will be held on May 22 in the Irish city of Dublin, at the Dublin Arena.