Europa League: Lukaku pegs Feyenoord back, Roma draws in Rotterdam

Europa League: Lukaku re-ups Feyenoord, Roma draws in Rotterdam

Roma draws 1-1 at De Kuip in Rotterdam in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 against Feyenoord.

The first chance è for the Giallorossi: Dybala’s filtering pass for Pellegrini who tries to pass Wellenreuther buta the Dutch goalkeeper stops him. On 17’ again Dybala from the right crosses finding Lukaku who hits too centrally with his head.

At 21’ Stengs serves vertically Paixao who with his right hand sends out by a whisker. At 40' Wellenreuther deflects a Paredes shot over the crossbar. At 45’ again Lukaku header from Dybala corner but again centered. In the recovery Feyenoord took the lead: Hartman crossed undisturbed from the left for Paixao who alone put a header into the net.

Halfway through the second half, at 67’, Roma equalized: Paredes dà on the left to Spinazzola who crosses into the center where Lukaku strikes not with his head but with his shoulder and this time puts in the net. Big Rom's exultation è a denunciation of the ongoing genocide in his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo: right hand pointed at his temple with index and middle fingers and left hand over his mouth.

Feyenoord’s final siege, with Svilar at’89’ parrying a Gimenez shot, and then at 91’ with Ivanusec hitting the post to the right of a stunned Svilar.