In the early morning of April 8, Beijing time, the first leg of the 2021-22 Europa League (UEFA Europa Association League) quarter-final ushered in a focus battle: the biggest champion Favorite Rome away to Bode Shine.
Jose Mourinho's Roma, recently impressive, in all competitions in the past 10 games, 5 wins and 5 draws unbeaten, Serie A has won 2 consecutive games in the past 2 rounds, 31 games accumulated 54 points in the Fifth place in the Serie A table, 5 points behind the fourth Juve, it is difficult to compete for Champions League qualification, and the Europa League qualification is not a big problem.
The European Union, as the new third level of European competition launched by UEFA, is equivalent to the European Cup Winners' Cup, which has been suspended for a long time, and the championship of this competition is nothing more than getting a ticket to the europa league next season. But for Mourinho, for Roma, the greater significance is to break the championship drought.
Bode shines, this team is relatively unfamiliar to Chinese fans, just like Sharif in the same group as Real Madrid in the group stage of the Champions League this season. This is a Norwegian Super League team, ranked 136th in the world club, the total value of the team is only 15.65 million euros, put in the European arena, is a "super fish belly". But just as Real Madrid lost to Sharif at home, Bode Shine is also mourinho's biggest sufferer for Roma.
In the previous group stage meeting twice, Roma lost 6-1 away and returned home to only draw 2-2.
Mourinho, who has experienced hundreds of battles, may not be afraid to fight in the face of the emperor Saren at his peak, but he cannot say that he is not jealous of this Norwegian Super League team.
Roma started 343, Tammy Abraham topped the centre-forward position, on both sides Pellegrini and Mkhitaryan, midfielders Zalevsky, Oliveira, Christante and Karlstop, three centre-backs Ibanes, Kumbula and Mancini, and goalkeeper Patricio. Mourinho has no reservations. The total value of the starting eleven is 210 million euros.
Bode shines in the starting 433, with Pelegrino, Espeyod and Comsen in the front. The total value of the starting eleven is only 3.1 million euros, which is only slightly higher than the Chinese striker Wu Lei, who has been sitting on the bench for a long time in Espanyol.
After the match began, the overall strength of the More Powerful Roma counter-attacked the main attack. In the 5th minute, Pellegri deflected a shot. In the 7th minute, Pellegrini stepped forward for offside. In the 9th minute, Pellegrini advanced with the ball all the way and hit the goal, which was deflected.
In the 43rd minute, Roma broke the deadlock on the field, Mkhitaryan picked out a pass in the box, Pellegrini inserted a small angle to hit the goal, the ball was scored! Roma led 1-0 with Bode shining.
In the 56th minute, Saltenis shot from distance, Patricio saved the ball and rolled into his own goal. Broad Shine pulled the score to a 1-1 draw.
Toward the end of the match, Bode sparkled a free-kick in front of him and Wittleson nodded his head inside the penalty area. Roma were killed 2:1 by Bode Shine.
Back at home in the second leg, Mourinho's Roma have great hopes of turning over the game, but facing this "super belly" record is embarrassing. Facing the same team for three consecutive winless games, Mourinho has only encountered Real Madrid in his coaching career (five consecutive winless games).