Goals and Highlights: CSKA 2-3 Roma in UEFA Conference League

The best plays of the game.

 

Roma, finishing the group leader, will wait for a rival in the 8th finals to be played in March, while Bodo / Glimt will have to play a playoff against a team ranked third in the UEFA Europa League in February.

The group C of the UEFA Conference league finished with this results.

1. Roma 13 pts

2. Bodo/Glimt 12 pts

3. Zorya 7 pts

4. CSKA 1pt

The match ends in Sofia, the score is 2-3

GOOOAAAAAAL CSKA a real GOAL Yanic Wildschut shot from outside the area and put it in the angle

4 minutes are added

Ebrima Darboe comes in for Zaniolo

Nicolo Zaniolo requests medical assistance. He must receive it off the field of play.

Shot near the large area, and is deflected by a defender, corner for CSKA

CSKA Gooooal Hamza Catakovic makes a great control inside the area and defines down, a good goal

Roma touches the ball throughout the defensive zone without difficulty, the game has already been defined for a long time

Geferson pulls a player in midfield and receives the yellow card

After a corner kick in attack by Jurgen Mattheij

Double substitution of Roma

Players out: Abraham and Mayoral

Enter:  Zaniolo and Shomurodov

Double substitution of CSKA

Off: Jordy Caicedo and Thibaut Vion

Enter: Kaloyan Krastev and Hamza Catakovi

 

Jordy Caicedo makes room around the penalty spot and hits a free-kick with a precise header from under the crossbar, but Fuzato makes a good save. Close the goal of CSKA

The referee shows Marash Kumbulla a yellow card

The defense manages to seize the ball and avoid danger after a pumped cross from Bradley Mazikou

Substitution Roma

Off: Edoardo Bove

Enter: Gonzalo Villar

Gooooal Roma, Tammy Abraham defines inside the area faking the first and shoots in the second instance.

Substitution. Georgi Yomov leaves the field, and Yanic Wildschut comes in his place.

The second half starts in Sofia

The first half ends, the score is 0-2

 Thibaut Vion receive a yellow card

Borja Mayoral misses a CLEAR opportunity to score one-on-one with the goalkeeper and sends it very wide to the disbelief of the fans

Yomov makes a bad control of the ball sends a pass to the center that hits a away player in the hand, but no one observed him corner for CSKA

Georgi Yomov sends a good ball into the box in search of a teammate, but a defender intercepts it and aborts the threat.

Gooooooool Roma, Mayoral's great technical gesture defines the high heel  and makes it 0-2

Marash Kumbulla is shown the yellow card.

Gustavo Busatto stops a shot from Borja Mayoral after receiving a decisive pass, he finished off to the right of the goal, but the goalkeeper reached out sensationally to save the ball.

Bai had a great scoring opportunity as he received the ball inside the area but did not want to shoot at goal and lost the ball.

Edoardo Bove receives a yellow card for a strong tackle.

Ball Possession at the moment CSKA 20% Roma 80%

Defensive error by Mancini and bad control by Caicedo prevents a great scoring chance.

Medical assistance will come in to attend to the local player.

Gooooooal Roma, Karsdop pass into the box Tammy Abraham pushes the ball 1-0

Jurgen Mattheij makes a strong tackle, dangerous free kick

Matías Viña sends the ball into the area, but cannot connect with a teammate. Defense avoids danger.

Nick Walsh signals a foul by Plamen Galabov, the referee whistles a free kick for Roma.

The game has started, enjoy it

Nick Walsh the Scottish referee will be in charge of today's game, which will be his second match in the UEFA Conference League, he was present at the Union Berlin vs Maccabi Haifa game where he showed 5 yellow cards.

 

Roma has not available this players for tonight.

Afena-Gyan, El Shaarawy, Pellegrini, Spinazzola.

A rainy night is how CSKA and Roma will perform at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.

3 ° C, a humidity of 86% and winds of 12km / h will be a matter to consider.

Those led by Jose Mourinho are already warming up and making pre-competitive moves for the game in Sofia.

 

🌬 Warm-up time! 🔥#ASRoma #UECL pic.twitter.com/VQc0IS4uZ7

— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) December 9, 2021

For this match, Stoycho Mladenov's team will not be able to count on Ahmedov and Koch due to a muscle injury.

The CSKA Sofia has this XI starters.

 

Титулярите за ЦСКА срещу Рома 👊🏻

📋 https://t.co/gnXkH2iKz4#CSKARoma #СамоЦСКА 🔴⚪ #ЗаБългария pic.twitter.com/ainh0hrnY0

— ЦСКА (@CSKA_Sofia) December 9, 2021

The italian team has this XI starter.

 

🐺 La formazione scelta da José Mourinho per #CSKARoma

🟨 DAJE ROMA! 🟥#UECL pic.twitter.com/BIlQXvfHam

— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) December 9, 2021

Five of the last eight official games played by Roma away from home have registered goals in the first 20 minutes of play.

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Since 2009, Roma have only lost on 1 occasion, presenting 3 wins and 1 draw.

2021 Roma 5-1 CSKA

2020 CSKA 3-1 Roma

2020 Roma 0-0 CSKA

2009 CSKA 0-3 Roma

2009 Roma 2-0 CSKA

For their part, Roma can look to Nicolò Zaniolo for inspiration, who has contributed three goals in his last two UECL games (one goal, two assists).

Graham Carey has scored all four of his Europa Conference League goals this season for CSKA.

Mourinho lineup this XI

Patricio, Mancini, Smalling, Kumbulla, Viña, Veretout, Cristante, Mkhitaryan, Ibañez, Zaniolo, Shomurodov.

The team led by Stoycho Mladenov lined up:

Gustavo Busatto, Bradley Mazikou, Karol Mets, Jurgen Mattheij, Thibaut Vion, Geferson, Karlo Muhar, Georgi Yomov, Graham Carey, Bai, Caicedo.

Roma are guaranteed their participation in the next round but need to win and hope that Bodø / Glimt do not win against Zorya in Ukraine to avoid an unpredictable preliminary knockout phase in 2022.

Despite Saturday's failure against Inter in the Serie A 3-0 is the favorite to do so, having won three of the five meetings between the two clubs. The only loss came here in last season's final UEFA Europa League group stage game 3-1, and the record of six defeats in Roma's last nine official away games means that this visit is not guaranteed to be successful.

This streak also includes a tough 6-1 defeat in their last appearance on rival soil in the Europa Conference League. When Rome is the away team they does not know half measures or wins or loses but accumulates only 3 draws in any competition since March of this year so it is very difficult to achieve this result.

Roma beat the CSKA  5-1 in their last group stage encounter and this may bode well for this afternoon's game.

CSKA Sofía are the last in Group C of the UEFA Conference League with a single point 1 draw, 4 losses and after having scored just one goal in the competition, it is already certain that they will finish in this position.

Their sole motivation could be to end their current three-game losing streak in European competition, the last time the club lost more in a row in 2009, and to close decently against their people.

In the Parva Liga, that is, the domestic league, CSKA Sofia is a solid team at home, since since March they have only had 3 defeats. The most recent game between the two teams ended in victory for those from the Bulgarian capital.

Vasil Levski National Stadium is the only one of its kind in Bulgaria. It has 43 358 seats, with sectors A, B, C and D having a total of 42 834 seats; VIP boxes of sector A have 410 seats; stands for journalists with 80 seats and 890 spare seats.

Besides the football ground (the football section) and the adjacent areas – tracks and playgrounds, Vasil Levski National Stadium has 14 sports.

The facility also has two conference halls: Rodina hall and Bulgaria press-club. The stadium also hosts the Museum of Physical Culture and Sports. A part of the facility area is meant for administrative purposes and another part is provided for a restaurant.

 

 

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