As the only seedling in Serie A in this season's European competition, Roma is about to play in the second leg of the UEFA League semi-final, sitting at home against Premier League team Leicester City, will start at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 6, whether Mourinho can make history, this battle is very critical, Roma win to advance to the final.
Last weekend in the league, Roma was forced to draw 0-0 at home by Bologna, suffering a three-round winless winless, missing the top four in advance, meaning that the team did not qualify for next season's Champions League. According to statistics, the last time Roma failed to score a goal at home against Bologna in Serie A was back in 1976, when the score was also 0-0.
Unable to compete for Champions League qualification, manager Jose Mourinho could only shift his focus to the European League and attack the championship with all his might. Compared with other Serie A teams, Roma have performed well in European competitions in recent years, reaching the European semi-finals three times in the last five seasons, including advancing to the Champions League semi-finals in the 2017-18 season, advancing to the Europa League semi-finals in the 2020-21 season, and reaching the UEFA semi-finals in the 2021-22 season, with only Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid achieving in the same period.
Of course, the level of the event is lower than the next, and some are better than not. This is the first time in Roma's history that they have played against Leicester City in Europe, and in the first leg of last week, Roma led by one goal away from home, but unfortunately they were finally forced to draw 1-1 by Leicester City, extending the suspense to the second leg.
Mourinho and Rodgers' mentor-apprentice duel has not yet been won or lost, depending on how the second leg is played. According to German transfer information, the entire Roma team is worth 369 million euros, and the entire team of Leicester City is worth 515 million euros, from the perspective of body value comparison, Rome's overall strength is in the inferior position.
According to statistics, since participating in the European Union this season, Roma have not lost at home, from a 3-0 victory over Trabzon Sport in the play-offs to a 4-0 sweep of Bode Shine in the quarter-finals.
Leicester City, who came down from the Europa League this season, reached the European semi-finals for the first time in their history and now have a chance to continue making history. Before the match, Irving predicted the score in advance for the second leg of the UEFA Semifinals, believing that Roma beat Leicester City 2-0 to advance to the final, and the other match was Marseille's 2-0 defeat of Feyenoord to advance with Roma.
For Mourinho, other competitions this season have not been successful, especially serie A has missed the top four in advance, and only by impacting the UEFA champions to surprise Roma fans, he can also become the first manager in football to win the Champions League, Europa League and Europa League.