In the early morning of October 28, Beijing time, the fifth round of the group stage of Europa League continued, and Roma challenged the Finnish Premier League team Helsinki .
Although Helsinki stands out in the Finland league, the total value of the whole team is only 10 million euros, which is too big compared to Rome's 410 million.
The huge gap is also reflected in the standings. After the first four rounds of , Helsinki lost all four games and ranked last in the group. Roma had 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, and the performance of was difficult to satisfy. The only victory was a 3-0 victory over Helsinki at home.
After the first 4 rounds, Roma temporarily ranked third in the group, 6 points behind Real Betis, who was the top spot, and has lost the opportunity to win the top spot in the group.
Although Roma temporarily lags behind Ludogorec 3 points, there is still a possibility of qualifying as second in the group. In the first leg, Roma lost to his opponent 1-2 away. In the last round, Roma faced Ludogorec at home.
As long as Roma can win Helsinki in this round, even if Ludogorez defeats Betis , as long as Roma can defeat Ludogorez in the last round, he can also surpass his opponent in the standings.
One hour before the game, the official announced the starting list of the two teams. Roma's 11 starters were Patricio, Vinia, Mancini, Smalling, Zalevsky, Pellegrini, Cristant, Mohamed Kamala, Saravi, Abraham, and Wolpato. After the opening of the game, Helsinki took advantage of the home advantage and launched a fierce attack. Taking advantage of the corner kick, Helsinki's shot almost turned into a goal.
shot is given to Mourinho , and it is obvious that he is not satisfied with the players' performance.
Perhaps because of artificial turf, the visiting team Roma seemed not to adapt. In the 19th minute, Roma's corner kick created a chaos in front of Helsinki's goal. Roma was less than "half a meter" away from the goal, which was a pity.
In the 28th minute, Pellegrini took a corner kick, Cristant grabbed the front point, and the Lions scored the goal with a head-on.
Just as the Roma player celebrated his goal, VAR made a prompt. After looking back, the referee determined that the Roma player made a profit from offside position and the goal was invalid.
In the 40th minute, Roma got a free kick in the frontcourt, Pellegrini's pass was accurately hung into the penalty area, and Abraham scored a header.
This time, there was no problem with the goal, and Abraham also hugged the captain tightly to celebrate.
In the first half, Roma temporarily led 1-0.
After the second half began, Helsinki soldiers were in a dire straits and Rome's defense line was in full swing. In the 54th minute, Roma had obvious gaps in front of the penalty area, and Heitmay scored, pulling the two teams back to the same starting line.
In the 62nd minute, Roma scored a goal, and a simple cross from the wing caused the Helsinki player to make an own goal, and Roma took the lead again.
In the 79th minute, Helsinki's corner kick was cleared by the Roman player, and David Boward html Super World Wave 540 meters away broke through Rome's goal. The
shot was given to Helsinki's coaching seat, and everyone had an incredible expression on their faces, but because of a teammate's foul on Christant, the goal was cancelled!
In the end, Roma defeated Helsinki 2-1 away. Since Ludogorez lost to Real Betis, after 5 rounds, Roma won 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, tied Ludogorez with points, and rose to second place in the group with a goal difference. In the last round of , the two teams face each other head-on, and will start a life-and-death battle to compete for the second place in the group.
