After the arrival of Claudio Ranieri, “Roma” improved its performance, but their journey in the Europa League ended in the quarter-finals.
In this stage, the Romans faced Bilbao's “Athletic” club, and due to Eldor Shomurodov's goal, they won the first match 2:1, which gave them a chance to continue in the competition.
However, the game in Spain started extremely poorly for Claudio Ranieri's team. Experienced defender Mats Hummels was sent off in the 11th minute.
“Athletic” had no trouble overcoming the opponent who was one man down.
Claudio Ranieri made several changes to save the game and brought Eldor Shomurodov onto the field in the 61st minute. Despite Shomurodov's efforts, his team lost 1:3 and exited the competition.
The website laroma24.it, which covers “Roma”'s activities, evaluated the performance of the Roman players in Bilbao as follows.
SVILAR 6.5:
Did his best to save his team from goals. However, he was helpless three times against “Athletic”'s pressure.
MANCHINI 5.5:
Could not fully perform his defensive duties. He needed to play above his capabilities to stop the opponent.
XUMMЕLS 3:
Major mistake.
NDIKA 5.5:
This game needed heroes. Ndika could not be counted among them.
RЕNSH 6:
This player performed relatively well among “Roma”'s defenders. However, it was not enough for the result.
KRISTANTЕ 5:
Managed to become a dangerous player in set pieces. However, he could do nothing against Niko Williams.
EL-SHAARAVI 6.5:
Came on at the end of the game and earned a penalty.
PARЕDЕS 5.5:
Played nervously, lacking defensive ability. Only executed the penalty accurately.
ANJЕLINO 5:
The situation worked against him. He could not play at his level.
DIBALA 5.5:
Could not become the savior of Rome. He lacked the strength to change the situation. He was substituted by Eldor Shomurodov in the 61st minute.
SHOMURODOV 6:
As soon as he came on, he posed a threat to the “Athletic” goal. Eldor's shot was saved by the opposing goalkeeper. He energized the team. However, his efforts were also insufficient to turn the situation around.
BALDANSI 6:
He tried to have a positive impact on the match. However, he did not achieve his goal. He was substituted by Pizilli in the 61st minute.
PIZILLI 5.5:
Other than quickly launching Eldor Shomurodov into a counter-attack upon entering the game, he could do nothing.
DOVBIK 4.5:
Was sidelined during the game.
SULЕ 5.5:
Came on for Dovbik in the 53rd minute. His dribbling was insufficient to create dangerous situations in front of the “Athletic” goal.
RANЕRI 5:
Mats Hummels disrupted the game plan in the 11th minute. The experienced coach could not find a tactic to change the outcome of the match.
