Europa League: Roma vs Helsinki
Europa League: Helsinki vs Roma
At 3:00 a.m. on October 28, 2022, Beijing time, in the fifth round of Group C of the Europa League group stage, “Red Wolf” Rome will compete in Helsinki. The overall performance of Roma this season is acceptable. At the league end, after 11 rounds of games, they have achieved 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, ranking 5th in Serie A with 22 points; however, in the Europa League, their performance was slightly insufficient. , After 4 games, they achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, ranking third in the group with 4 points, 3 points behind Ludogedes in front of him, if the Red Wolf still wants to compete for the qualification , This game must take all 3 points, in the final round to compete with Ludogades for the chance to qualify. The disadvantage is that the team’s top scorer Dybala is still unable to play due to a hamstring injury.
In the pre-match press conference, coach Mourinho talked about the opponents of the game, he said, “I watched Helsinki face Ludogorets and Betis at home, and against these two teams. It’s not easy here either, so tomorrow it’s going to be a tough game. This game is crucial because we want to stay in this competition, we don’t want to defend the Europa League, we want to be in the Europa League Cup, we only think about winning tomorrow.”
Helsinki is a strong team in the Finnish Super League, but in the European competition, the team’s performance is very unsatisfactory. This season, it first went from the Champions League play-offs to the Europa League. After the 4 rounds of the Europa League, it was only 1-1. They tied Ludogordes, got 1 point, and ranked at the bottom of the group, 6 points away from the second place in the group. Although the team still has the possibility of qualifying in theory, due to the large difference in points, The chances of qualifying are very slim.
Helsinki’s recent performance has not been seen. They lost 2 consecutive games and were “cleaned”. The team played against Gubis at home in the last round of the league, with a ball possession rate of 45%, 4 shots on target, 4 shots on target, and the number of shots even against opponents. With less than half of the score, the team did not make any achievements and lost to the opponent 0-1 in the end. It is worth noting that in the second half of the game, the head coach still rotated some of the main players off the court. It seems that he has reserved his physical fitness for the Europa League game, but he may not be able to reverse the situation that the score difference is too large.
In the past meeting between the two teams, Roma defeated Helsinki 3-0 in the first round. In terms of the current situation, Roma lost 0-1 to Naples in the last round, which is indeed a bit of morale, but fortunately, they still have the qualification to qualify for the Europa League; while Helsinki has been in a bad state recently, with consecutive defeats and zero seals, both offensive and defensive ends appear to be very sluggish. . Judging from the current attitudes of all parties, the Red Wolf has been given strong support, combined with the strength and status of both sides, it is not difficult for Rome to take all 3 points in this battle.
