Feyenoord 1-0 Roma: Mats Wieffer volleys home to give hosts slender advantage in Europa League tie
Feyenoord 1-0 Roma: Mats Wieffer volleys home to give hosts slender advantage in Europa League tie… with a missed penalty and injuries to Paulo Dybala and Tammy Abraham adding to the woes of Jose Mourinho’s side
- Wieffer struck a bouncing half volley from outside the box in the 53rd minute
- Midfielder had earlier given away a first half penalty, but Pellegrini hit the post
- Dybala limped off in the first-half, while Abrahams suffered a shoulder injury
Mats Wieffer scored a second half winner to hand hosts Feyenoord a 1-0 home victory over Roma in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, after he had given away a first half penalty.
Wieffer struck a bouncing half volley from outside the box in the 53rd minute for the game’s only goal and a narrow advantage for the Dutch league leaders in the return leg in the Italian capital next week.
It turned the night into a triumph for the 23-year-old, capped last month for the first time by the Netherlands, after he had conceded a penalty before halftime after tugging on Roma striker Tammy Abraham.
Lorenzo Pellegrini hit the 43rd minute spot kick against the upright to waste an opportunity for a potentially vital goal in a tightly contested tie at the Feyenoord Stadium.
Wieffer’s goal was set up by an incisive run down the left by winger Oussama Idrissi, who dribbled into the box before laying the ball back.
Feyenoord grabbed a slender lead in the first-leg of their Europa League quarter-final
Wieffer fired the home side ahead with a volley from outside the box in the 53rd minute.
Feyenoord skipper Orkun Kokcu and Lutsharel Geertruida both had good chances to add to the home side’s score while Roma were denied an equaliser by the slimmest of margins nine minutes after conceding.
Defender Roger Ibanez’s header hit the underside of the bar but goal line technology ruled his effort had not completely crossed into the net.
Roma suffered two serious injury setbacks after Paulo Dybala went off early, followed early in second half by Abraham who suffered a shoulder injury.
Last season, Jose Mourinho’s team beat Feyenoord 1-0 in the final of the inaugural Europa Conference League.
The second leg of this tie is next Thursday at Romeâs Olympic Stadium.
The winner meets either Bayer Leverkusen of Germany or the Belgian club Union Saint Gilloise in the semi-final.
Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini thumped his spot kick against the outside of the post
Forward Paulo Dybala limped off with what appeared to be another muscular injury
England striker Tammy Abraham was forced off by a shoulder injury in the second-half
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