What a mess for Roma, they are playing with one man down currently. Hummels brought down Maroan Sannadi for no reason. It was a reckless tackle and that will cost Roma a lot if they cannot resist the pressure from Bilbao.
Playing with ten men from the 12th minutes till the end of the game isn't going to be easy for Roma. However, if they can seal up their defense, they can still keep the scoreline on 0-0 but how is tgat possible.
Roma are playing in a 3-4-2-1 formation today. There were three defenders in Roma's squad. So Hummels' red card will have a big impact on Roma's overall match strategy. The referee showed Hummels a red card in the 11th minute. And naturally Roma's overall performance is very slow now.
Roma are now trying to draw the match somehow. Roma won the first leg match by 2-1. So if they can draw today's match, Roma will be able to qualify for the next round. At the end of 42 minutes, Athletic Club has not scored a goal yet. We will probably not see any goals from Bilbao in the first half.
Bilbao was able to find the back of the net 30 seconds before the end of the first half. Nicole Williams shot was deflected into the back of the net with the help of Roma defender who wanted to stop the shot. Despite all the effort of Julen Agirrezabala stopping most all the balls going into the goal post. It's obvious that Bilbao will win this match and qualify. The first half ended 1-0.