Roma director of sport Frederic Massara insists they ‘enter the Europa League with the ambition to do properly’ and compete for the trophy, beginning with OGC Good.
It kicks off on the Allianz Riviera, known as the Grand Stade de Good for UEFA functions, at 20.00 UK time (19.00 GMT).
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Confidence is again within the Giallorossi camp following victory within the Derby della Capitale on Sunday, beating Lazio 1-0 for 3 wins within the opening 4 Serie A video games, interrupted by a 1-0 defeat to Torino.
Now they start their Europa League marketing campaign in France towards a Good aspect who misplaced 5 of their seven aggressive matches up to now this season, together with the Champions League preliminary spherical elimination by the hands of Benfica.
Paulo Dybala, Leon Bailey and suspended Jan Ziolkowski are out of motion, with Wesley and Mario Hermoso once more solely match for the bench.
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Roma rotate for Europa League
WALSALL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 06: Neil El Aynaoui of AS Roma is put beneath strain by Boubacar Kamara of Aston Villa through the pre-season pleasant match between Aston Villa and AS Roma at Pallet-Monitor Bescot Stadium on August 06, 2025 in Walsall, England. (Photograph by Clive Mason/Getty Pictures)
Director of sport Massara was requested if it was satisfying to see new signings Neil El Aynaoui and Kostas Tsimikas beginning tonight?
“It’s satisfying to see Roma, there is no such thing as a dichotomy between the outdated and new gamers. We tried to widen the choices obtainable to the coach, as we hope to go far in each match this season,”
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Lorenzo Pellegrini was one of many outdated gamers who Gian Piero Gasperini confirmed was meant to go away this summer time, however after his objective to win the Derby della Capitale, may Roma return on their determination to not provide him a brand new contract?
“Soccer can evolve so shortly, there are not any eventualities which can be out of the query. Lorenzo is a robust participant who has accomplished nice issues for this membership and can proceed to take action, however we’re centered on taking it one sport at a time this season.”
ROME, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 21: Lorenzo Pellegrini of AS Roma celebrates the opening objective along with his crew mates through the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on September 21, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Pictures)
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Some would recommend Roma are among the many favourites for the Europa League, particularly as Gasperini already received it with Atalanta in 2024.
“We enter this competitors with the ambition to do properly, albeit conscious we have now a really tough league section towards very robust opponents. Roma competed up to now and hope to take action once more,” famous Massara.
“Good are a robust crew, they certified for the Champions League preliminary rounds. They misplaced a couple of gamers over the summer time and haven’t had probably the most constructive begin to this season, however we all know they are going to be very bodily, aggressive, and may damage us on the assault. They play an analogous model of soccer, so we’ve acquired to be cautious.”