DBasia.news – AS Roma will host Istanbul Basaksehir at the Stadio Olimpico, Thursday (19/9), in the first match of the Europa League group. Roma coach, Paulo Fonseca, has played against Istanbul Basaksehir.
Giallorossi will undergo their 17th participation in the Europa League. Rome was involved 12 times when the competition was still called the UEFA Cup and four times when the tournament had changed its identity to the Europa League.
Rome is clearly targeting a positive prefix in the 2019-20 Europa League. Giallorossi’s coach, Paulo Fonseca, has experience in dealing with Istanbul Basaksehir.
Fonseca also made his Europa League debut with Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2016-17 edition against Istanbul Basaksehir, precisely in the play-offs. The results were positive.
Shakhtar directed by Fonseca at that time always earned victory in a two-leg meeting, each with a score of 2-1 when they traveled to Turkey and 2-0 as the host. Fonseca obviously wants to repeat the sweet start in the Europa League against Istanbul Basaksehir, this time of course with Roma.