He Europa League playoffs in between Arne Slot’s Feyenoord and the Jose Mourinho’s Roma This marks the third meeting between the same team and the same coach in three seasons. And the reissue of a final, that of the first edition of Conference League. Milan-Rennes and Shakhtar Donetsk-Marseille These are the other ties that stand out in this playoff.
With former French player Julien Escudechampions of the Europa League with Seville in 2005-6 and 2006-07, as an innocent hand, the draw held in Nyon determined that Rome (2nd in Europa League group G) and Feyenoord (3rd in Atlético’s group in the Champions League) meet again.
The ‘giallorossi’ were declared champions of the first Conference League in 2021-22 after defeating the Arne Slot’s Feyenoord in last played in Tirana (1-0). And they met again in the quarterfinals of the last Europa League: 4-1 for Roma in the second leg and 1-0 for the Dutch in the first leg. Mourinho’s team lost the final against Sevilla on penalties.
Mourinho attacks Slot
The point is that Mourinho was involved in an incident at space at the end of the second leg in April: he chased him and shouted at him, insulting him because he had said earlier that he would rather see Manchester City and Naples. Mourinho shouted at Arne Slot in the locker room tunnel: “You’ve seen Napoli and City, you should have seen us. Respect us! Respect us! Respect us!”
There is still another precedent for the confrontation between Roma and Feyenoord and it took place in the round of 32 of the 2014-15 Europa League, when the ‘giallorossi’ eliminated the Rotterdam team, winning 1-2 away from the first leg and drawing . at the Olympic Stadium in the second leg (1-1).
Milan, who were eliminated from the Champions League after finishing 3rd in the so-called ‘group of death’ (after Borussia Dortmund and Luis Enrique’s PSG), will face Rennes, who have a strange game at the end of the match against Villarreal (the goal was disallowed. ) after the ball on a foul returned to the thrower without anyone touching it) which prevented him from finishing as the leader and going directly to the second round.
The matches will be played on February 15 (first leg) and February 22 (second leg). The winners will enter the round of 16 draw on February 23 with the first classified from the Europa League group stage: West Ham, Brighton, Liverpool, Rangers, Atalanta, Villarreal, Slavia Prague and Bayer Leverkusen.
Source: La Verdad
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