Roma take on the visitors Viktoria Plzen at the Stadio Olimpico in the Round 2 of the UEFA Champions League Group G. The match will be played in the eponymous city Rome on Tuesday, October 2nd.
Roma lost a lot of their key players last summer. The loss of Radja Nainggolan weakened the midfield line of the team. The loss of Alisson Becker who left for Liverpool weakened the goalkeeper position of I GIallorossi. However, instead of those footballers the Italians signed Justin Kluivert, Javier Pastore and Steven Zonzi. The young Dutchman is the new offensive engine of La Lupa. The Argentinian halfback brings the experience to the team of Eusebio Di Francesco. Nzonzi should make the team feel more comfortable in their defense. In the Round 1 of the UEFA Champions League Group G Roma lost to Real Madrid with a 0-3 score at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Los Blancos looked better than La Magica but the Italians were trying hard. The most noteworthy negatives from that fixture for La Lupa were their failures in the ending minutes of both halves. For example. Isco scored on the 45th minute of the game. Who knows what that match would be if Roma stopped him from scoring that goal. Now Roma have to win in the Round 2. If they lose any points on Tuesday it will be incredibly hard for them to compete for going through to the play-offs of the tournament. In their last three matches Roma beat Lazio with a 3-1 score, Frosinone with a 4-0 score and lost to Bologna with a 0-2 score.
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Viktoria Plzen drew against CSKA Moscow in the Round 1 of the UEFA Champions League Group G. However, they had a lot of goal attempts in that fixture and pretended to get three points. Now it will be very hard for them to face Roma because the Italians are levels above them in every aspect of the game. It`s worth noting that in their Round 1 fixture against the Russians the team of Pavel Vrba was winning with a 2-0 score but drew in the end. That was quite a disturbing sign because they would have to face Roma and Real Madrid moving on who would turn such mistakes in their favor immediately. The main goal for the Viktorka in the upcoming match is to play safe in the defense and wait for a chance for a counterattack. Their defensive line though has been making faults quite often lately. In their last three matches Viktoria Plzen beat Sparta Prague with a 1-0 score, lost to Jablonec with a 0-3 score and drew against CSKA Moscow with a 2-2 in their Champions League group stage fixture.
It will be incredibly hard for Viktoria Plzen to face Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The Czech have no experience of playing against such strong teams so that could be a crucial factor in the upcoming fixture. The Round 1 match proved that the Viktorka were not in their best shape so they are likely to lose on Tuesday.
Prediction for the match: Roma to win with -1.0 handicap.
