Roma and Lyon will play tonight at 21.05 the second leg of the knockout
round of the Europa League. The
meeting will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome and will be refereed by
Hungarian Viktor Kassai.
Match Schedule:
Roma vs. Lyon
Game 2: UEFA Europa
League Round of 16
Date: 16 March 2017,
4:05 PM
Venue: Stadio Olimpico,
Rome
In the first leg, played two weeks ago in France, the Roma lost 4-2: underwent a goal after
eight minutes into the game, but then began to play well, exploiting the
weakness of the defense of Lyon, drew with a goal from Mohamed Salah and has
even gone ahead with a goal by Federico Fazio. In the second half it did not
handle well the advantage of situation, has suffered three goals - the last in
injury time - throwing away a game that could win or tie.
The first leg result complicates the qualification to the
quarterfinals of the Roma, for now
the easiest result to be achieved for the next round is 2-0. This means that,
to pass, Roma will have to play an almost perfect game, especially from the
defensive point of view. Lyon, in fact, in the attack has several quality
players, some of which are required by many large European teams.
Lyon was "demoted" in the Europa League after finishing third in
their Champions League group, ahead of Dynamo Kiev and behind Sevilla and
Juventus. In the French league he is fourth, behind Nice, PSG and Monaco.