For me the most difficult match and even I can't predict the result is the Roma vs Brighton match. Although currently Roma has improved under De Rossi's coaching. But still, against Brighton, who are from the Premier League, it will definitely be very difficult. I prefer to support AS Roma to beat Brighton. But I'm starting to doubt AS Roma who even had difficulty beating Feyenoord. And Roma was just lucky because they were ahead in the penalty shootout against Feyenoord. And yeah it wasn't quite an impressive win. So I am pessimistic about this season for Roma.
The match was very close and yes I must have to say Roma was actually pretty lucky to win the match in penalties. Actually, we all know that in the penalties it can go either way. I thought Roma was pretty lucky to finally win this match. And I also thought this match shouldn't have gone the distance that it had.
Do you guys think Roma will go the distance in this tournament? I actually do not think so.
Actually, the difficulty that they are already facing is pretty incredible. And I think right now they are also fighting really hard in the Serie A.
So they will have to be really concentrated on that as well. Might be hard for them to concentrate on two competitions at the same time
Just look at how Roma had a really hard time facing Feyenoord even though the club actually had a performance that should have been below Roma but De Rossi troops almost lost in performance against Feyenoord while the next match Brighton is one of the clubs that I admit has quite strong defensive players even though Roma have striker Lukaku who has a big body but I don't think it will be that easy to break down Brighton's big wall.
Meanwhile, as you said, Roma will not be able to maintain consistency in 2 competitions at once, while De Rossi has just managed Roma players and this is really a very difficult job for Roma and actually I just hope Roma will focus more on Series A and improve performance in the next season with better preparation.
I laughed at the penalty shootout seeing Lukaku confident style when he kicked the ball in the penalty round but failed to score.
