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At 1:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 11, the first leg of the UEFA Quarterfinals ushered in a match, and Roma challenged Vitesse away. Roma have a mediocre record in the league, playing 28 league games and winning 14 games, ranking 6th, a certain distance from the Champions League zone. Although Jose Mourinho did not command the last two games, Roma won and played 1-0. Roma came to the European League this time to challenge Vitesse, who is 7th in the Dutch First Division. Roma were worth much more than Vitesse, but Roma played very hard and won without any chance.
Mourinho lined up in a 352 formation for this game. Patricio served as the starting goalkeeper. Cumubra, Rogé Ibanez and Gianluca Mancini form a three-back. Binha, Weletu, Sergio Oliveira, Mkhitaryan and Maitland Niles are paired in 5 midfielders. Zagnolo and Tammy Abraham played as a double striker. Sharawi, Pellegrini, Christant and Smalling are all on the bench.
After the game began, Vites attacked wildly, and Oponda won a series of shots on goal, but all of them were more deflected than Patricio. Gelbic broke the goal, but was blown off for offside. In the face of wave after wave of attacks from his opponents, Patricio suddenly shook his head, and there was an extremely low-level mistake, giving Oponda a chance to open the goal, but Oponda kicked away. It's unbelievable. In front of Rome, there is a lot of noise in front of the door, staging a variety of divine plots, that is, not to lose the ball, this luck is no one.
After 40 minutes of playing, Roma had a few good chances to get into form and Tammy Abraham's shot was deflected by the goalkeeper's fingertips. Oliveira's blasted shot from inside the penalty area to give Roma the lead. At the end of the half, Roma, who had played extremely badly, actually led 1-0. Roma had just 42% of the ball in the first half, with 4 shots on target, 2 shots on target, and 1 goal. Vites had eight shots on goal in the first half, twice as many as Roma, but all three were deflected by Patricio.
In the second half, Vites continued to attack, but the quality of the shot was similar to that of the half, and he was never able to cross Patricio's level. Although Oliveira was sent off in the 77th minute, allowing Vites to play one more player, Vites did not seize the opportunity to complete the goal. The final score was set at 1-0, and Roma narrowly beat Vitesse. In the whole game, Vitesse shot 10 more shots on goal than Roma, but did not score a single goal.
Mourinho was tough, leading Roma to three consecutive wins in all competitions, all three games 1-0. In the post-match sofascore rating, Patricio scored a game-high 7.9 points, although he had a pass error, but he made 5 times of divine pokes to save the goal, saved Roma many times, and was the hero of Roma's victory. Oliveira scored 7.2 points, and although he scored one goal, he was sent off with a red card, which was really eye-catching. Tammy Abraham was in poor form, missing all three shots and scoring just 6.3 points.