Feyenoord was not an equal opponent compared to the roma. Roma was able beating napoli and it's enough in proving the capability of roma to beat its opponent. Im thinking that if roma needs to prepare everything. Jose needs to make sure roma can get the trophy after it was losing in the final against sevilla last season. Having lukaku was obviously boosting the performance from roma. I prefer to see that lukaku to play together with dybala. Another obstacle will come soon. Feyenoord needs to make sure it has defensive line especially about how to block lukaku's movement as this guy posses a threat for feyenoord. My intention was to highlight Lukaku's skill in retaining possession of the ball for an extended duration, giving his teammates ample time to find advantageous positions.
That's why a counter attack from roma needs to be considered as a very serious threat for feyenoord. It's feyenoord's most important task to know whether its defensive line was able to preventing him to give assist for his teammate.
Referring to the Roma versus Napoli match, the victory of Jose Mourinho's squad did not escape two Napoli players who were given red cards. it would be outrageous if Roma couldn't beat Napoli with 10 players. currently Roma is playing their match at Juventus headquarters, the temporary victory for Juventus with a score of 1-0. plus, this fight will end soon. Roma's performance was not much better, especially since Jose Mourinho did not have his mainstay pattern for his team's squad. currently, Roma is ranked 7th in the Serie A standings.
Meanwhile, Feyenoord is performing quite well in its domestic league, ranking 2nd. even though they are quite far apart from PSV who are at the top of the Eredivisie standings. if we refer to player depth, of course Roma is slightly better than Feyenoord. but that doesn't mean Arne Slot's squad will let his team fall to Roma at De Kuip, Feyenoord's headquarters. at least this team from the Eredivisie league cannot be underestimated. moreover, they played as the home team in the first leg. if the scenario is that Roma will tend to play defensively in the next match, Arne Slot's squad will take advantage of this to get maximum points and even work hard to score lots of goals. and if we refer to what sports betting bookies offer from the match between these two teams, Feyenoord is superior to AS Roma. even though it is temporary, at least the home team has a chance to overthrow Roma in the first leg. well, if this match is held and the odds don't change. so I will speculate to choose the home team in this playoff round.
With Roma unstable performance this season, I think they will find it difficult to beat Feyenoord in the first leg. Feyenoord will certainly make the best use of the first leg in search of victory and with the full support of the fans at the De Kuip stadium, they will be favored as winners in the first leg. Two Italian representatives will compete tooth and nail to advance to the round of 16 where Roma and AC Milan will grace the playoffs.
So, for AC Milan, it's the same, they have to face Rennes in the playoffs, even though this is a match that on paper, maybe AC Milan is very favored to win over two legs, but still AC Milan performance this season is far from what we predicted. However, in terms of the quality of players, AC Milan has top players in the team such as Pulisic, Giroud and Leao, so Pioli must be able to take advantage of the advantages his team has to beat Rennes.