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·24 October 2024
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·24 October 2024
Roma give Enzo Le Fee his first start with Tommaso Baldanzi supporting Artem Dovbyk in a must-win Europa League match with Dynamo Kyiv.
It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 17.45 UK time (16.45 GMT).
The Giallorossi are in crisis after some dismal results under new coach Ivan Juric, managing one point from two Europa League matches and fresh from a Serie A home defeat to Inter.
Stephan El Shaarawy and Alexis Saelemaekers are injured, while Gianluca Mancini and Matias Soule’ are both ruled out by flu symptoms.
Summer free signing Mats Hummels was expected to finally get his debut, but it’s Mario Hermoso in defence instead with Zeki Celik.
Nicolo’ Pisilli is moved into a more advanced role with Tommaso Baldanzi to support Dovbyk.
Dynamo Kyiv lost the opening fixture 3-0 to Lazio and then 2-0 to TSG Hoffenheim.
Maksym Braharu was sent off in the Lazio match and is sitting out the second in a two-match ban, while Andriy Yarmolenko, Brayan Ceballos and Oleksandr Pikhalonok are carrying knocks.
Roma: Svilar; Celik, Ndicka, Hermoso; Zalewski, Koné, Le Fée, Angelino; Pisilli, Baldanzi; Dovbyk
Dynamo Kyiv: Nescheret; Bilovar, Popov, Mykhavko; Tymchyk, Mykhailenko, Andriyevskiy, Rubchynskyi, Vivcharenko; Voloshyn, Guerrero
Ref: Gozubuyuk (NED)