Quote from: Slow death on March 10, 2025, 01:01:58 PM

I believe that Roma will be champions, I know that the bookmakers are ignoring Roma, but if Roma eliminates Bilbao, then they could be champions, I see Roma as being stronger than many teams in that competition

Roma are experienced in UEFA Europa League and this one is a third season they are here with achievements two latest seasons with a final match two seasons ago and semi finals last season. They are strong and have been improving a lot with Ranieri, and have earned most points in Serie A in 2025 year. In Europa League, we can talk about Roma chance to be champion after they eliminate Bilbao, let's wait for several more hours and get back to this discussion.

Quote from: imamusma on March 10, 2025, 04:02:00 PM

AS Roma only needs a draw in the second leg to ensure they truly deserve to be contenders for the Europa League title. In my opinion, AS Roma journey to win the trophy will be much easier if their strength is ignored by other contestants, they can create surprises in every match. Claudio Ranieri once created a miracle with Leicester, perhaps that history will repeat itself. If AS Roma manages to lift the trophy, Claudio Ranieri will truly be a legendary manager who won a trophy in a unique way, as Jose Mourinho once said.

The condition is clear but it won't be easy for Roma, and they can look at Liverpool that needed a draw at their home stadium, but they failed at home and eliminated by PSG. Roma's task is more difficult than Liverpool's task because they will play home away in this second leg and Bilbao already shown their quality in Rome last week.

Roma only need a draw but Bilbao have good attacking power and at their home stadium, they will challenge Roma a lot there. Ranieri is very experienced and he used many alternative players last weekend in a match against Empoli as preparation for this big match with Bilbao. Hopefullly he can bring Roma to quarter finals in Europa League.