A clash between AS Roma and Bayern Leverkusen will be held at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy on Wednesday (11/4) Italy time or Thursday (11/5) Indonesian time. A journey to UEFA Championship will be competitive between AS Roma and Bayern Leverkusen. This will be the fourth time meeting for both squads in UEFA competition.
Although separate two points both squads in the Group E table, the clash on next Thursday potential to change the position of the two squads in the table Group E. For AS Roma they must win this match if they want to advance. AS Roma now lying 4th on the table, while Bayern Leverkusen lying 2nd table in Group E.
However, to defeat Bayern Leverkusen will be no easy for AS Roma players. From four matches, they never defeat Bayern Leverkusen once. The best things of the AS Roma is they just had a draw match with Bayern Leverkusen in the last three matches. They played draw scores 4-4 at their first leg in this season. It was a fantastic match.
AS Roma manager Rudi Garcia claims that he has a new strategy how to defeat the Germany representative Bayern Leverkusen. He admitted AS Roma will show the best performance for the Champions League title. Although the captain Francesco Totti will miss this match causing minor injuries.
However, AS Roma admitted that they still have best players to challenge Bayern Leverkusen on next Thursday. The AS Roma manager will play 4-3-3 formula. AS Roma will play their best players such as Radja Nainggolan, Miralem Pjanic, Alessandro Florenzi, Iago Falque, Mohamed Salah, and Edin Dzeko.
“The Champions League is like a mini season, with every game more important than the last. As I said, Roma need to win to pick up points and step towards qualification for round of sixteen. Right now no squad has qualified and no squad is out. We need a win.” Rudi Garcia said.
On other side, Bayern Leverkusen as a visitor for AS Roma will play with 4-2-3-1 formula to defeat the host AS Roma. The Bayern Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt surely will send the best players to the green field. Roger Schmidt will trust Javier Hernadez as the striker, which at first leg he created three goals in AS Roma’s goal net. The Bayern Manager also will send Karim Bellarabi, Kevin Kampl, and Hakan Calhanoglu to maximum performance. Bayern Leverkusen will miss some of their players Lars Bender, Roberto Hilbert, Tin Jedvaj, and Ryu-Seung-woo.
Bayern Leverkusen squad ready to win the next match for UEFA. (Source : agenvip.com)
POSSIBLE LINE UPS
Bayern Leverkusen :Toprak, Kampl, Donati, Wendel, Tah, Bellarabi, Javier, Papadopoulus, Kramel, Calhanogulu, Leno.
AS Roma : Dzeko, Salah, Pjanic, Nainggolan, Szczezsny, Manolas, Maicon, De Rossi, Rudiger, Digne, Gervinho.