Roma should be able win in this game by take advantage from the red card opponent player but in fact they failed. and their position is now decreasing from the table board thanks to a draw in this match, it's a loss for roma and if they can win this match they might be able to improve their position. UCL tickets will be increasingly difficult to catch because Napoli, Atalanta and Juventus, who are posision on tabled above Rome, actually have matches that have not been played.
UCL ticket looks very hard for AS Roma after draw with Cagliari this week, now on 7th position with 39 points, need four points get position with Atlanta as latest position for UEFA Champion league ticket, now waiting next week can AS Roma win or loss again because they still have chance for UEFA Champion league ticket if can win, if loss just not loss chance with UEFA Champion League but also can't participant on EUROPE league.
European League probably the best and the most reasonable target for Roma with the current situation. Situation in both in the intern team and situation of other teams. Even though the point difference between Roma to the last position for the CL is not that big but the challenge is so big because they have to compete with Juventus, Lazio, Fiorentina as well as Atalanta. Among these 4 competitor, Juventus and Atalanta are the hardest competitor for Roma to compete for the UCL ticket. So I think Mourinho should be more realistic with their target but of course they should try their best and hope the other competitor make some mistake by losing more points than them.