It is true that overall Roma's strength is not much stronger than Leverkusen or Liverpool, but we must also remember that this is a Europa League competition which is full of surprises and the team's mentality must still be taken into account without ignoring quality.
Brighton is also a strong team, and of course this is a big challenge for Roma, I see that the percentage of Roma and Brighton to advance to the next round is still quite the same and personally I favor Roma more after seeing the overall strength and performance of the team in recent his last match.
If we look at which strength is the best, we can see that Leverkusen is the best club this season, even in the domestic league they have not experienced defeat, nor in the UEFA European league, of course Leverkusen is far superior to the others and it seems in my opinion they can win the European league title this season. that is, if Liverpool and Roma end up being eliminated before the final, I bet on Leverkusen winning the UEFA title this season because they deserve to be the strongest club at the moment.
Talking about Roma I don't want to underestimate them because Brighton might be too strong, but this is a big competition where all the clubs have fought until the round of 16 at this time, of course they will play as hard as possible to get through to the next round in the quarter-finals, in the leg match. First of all, Roma must be able to win against Brighton if they want to qualify for the next round, because Brighton cannot be underestimated, in fact they have not been defeated in UEFA competition this season, De Rossi's opportunity to show his quality as a coach will lead Roma to win the first leg match later. .