The two Italian sides were paired to play ???against each other in the quarter finals, any of them that managed to get to the semifinals will be among the favorites because checking other teams left in the competition, they are the top teams alongside Leverkusen and Liverpool which are considered favorites to win the Europa League this season.
After the quarterfinals, if Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen escaped to the semifinals, one of them will end up winning the Europa League because they will likely become finalists.
Indirectly, there will be fewer Italian representatives with this meeting in the quarterfinals and in my opinion this is the same as reducing the existing team of champion candidates. If Milan and Roma do not meet in the quarterfinals, it is possible that the two of them could meet in the final. However, it still feels impossible considering that Liverpool and Leverkusen are still the two main favorites to win the European league title.
These two teams meet very often in domestic competitions, therefore they should be able to know the weaknesses and strengths of each team. This will be a European League match with a Serie A feel, yes that's because they come from the same league. For now, AC Milan is more favored than AS Roma, yes, that's because in the Serie A standings, AC Milan is in a better place. AS Roma under the direction of De Rossi continues to show good progress at this time. This is good capital for them before facing AC Milan in the quarter-finals.
The chances of these two teams are closed to win the Scudetto title, so maybe in this European League they will maximize their best to be able to win at least 1 title this season. Thus they will not want to be knocked out by their opponents. I hope this will be a very interesting match for us to see, I hope they will play attacking each other in the match later. This hope exists when De Rossi is in the coaching position, because if they are still with Mourinho, AS Roma will tend to play defensively.