The Dall’Ara is getting ready for a European night with an all-Italian flavor.
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Bologna and Roma face off in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16, a pairing that the draw has put in the path of two teams that could have gone further in the competition.
In a challenging moment for Italian football in European cups, this tricolor derby nonetheless guarantees the presence of an Italian team in the quarter-finals.
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✅ Official Lineups
BOLOGNA (4-3-3): Skorupski; Joao Mario, Casale, Lucumì, Miranda; Ferguson, Freuler, Pobega; Bernardeschi, Castro, Rowe.
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ROMA (3-4-1-2): Svilar; Celik, N’Dicka, Ghilardi; Rensch, El Aynaoui, Pisilli, Wesley; Cristante; Zaragoza, Malen
📊 All-Italian Derby: previous encounters for both teams
For the Giallorossi, this is their fourth European encounter against another Italian team: in the past, Roma lost the 1991 final against Inter and faced Fiorentina in the two-legged tie of 2014/15, in addition to their more recent victory over Milan.
For Bologna, however, this is their absolute debut in the Europa League against a fellow Italian side, considering their only previous continental encounter to be the 1998-99 Intertoto Cup semifinal against Sampdoria.
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