After the 3-1 first leg of the second preliminary round of the Women’s Champions League, Roma takes to the field this afternoon at Servette to secure qualification for the group stage. Spugna adopts a bit of rotation up front with Viens and Dragoni starting in place of Giacinti and Giacinti, while for the rest he confirms the team seen in the first leg.
Several changes in the Swiss ranks with Bottega taking Korpela’s place between the posts. In midfield space for Simonsson and Tufo alongside Serrano while up front the former Milan player Janusaite takes the place of the former Roma and Fiorentina player Lazaro.
These are the official lineups:
Servants (4-3-3): Shop; Bourma, Muratovic, Jelencic, Joana Marchao; Serrano, Tufo, Simonsson; Saoud, Jonusaite, Korhonen. Available: Korpela, Laubscher, Felber, El Ghazouani, Revelli, Volkov, Lazaro. Coach: Jose Barcala Garcia
Rome (4-3-3): Ceasar; Di Guglielmo, Minami, Linari, Thogersen; Giugliano, Kumagai, Greggi; Dragoni, Viens, Haavi. Available: Coach: Merolla, Mazzocchi, Giacinti, Corelli, Pilgrim, Glionna, Hanshaw, Pandini, Troelsgaard, Madon. Alessandro Spugna
Women’s Champions League, Second qualifying round return leg
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
Paris Saint-Germain – Juventus (6.45pm, first leg 1-3)
Mura – St. Pölten (7pm, first leg 0-3)
Servette FCCF – Roma (19:00, first leg 1-3)
Twente – Osijek (7.45pm, first leg 4-1)
Manchester City – Paris FC (8pm, 1st leg 5-0)
Real Madrid – Sporting CP (8pm, first leg 2-1)
Celtic – Vorskla Poltava (20:15, first leg 1-0)
Arsenal – Häcken (8.30pm, first leg 0-1)
WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
Slavia Prague – Galatasaray 1-2 aet (first leg 2-2)
31′ aut Karatas (S), 50′ Karabulut (G), 100′ Parlak (G)
Wolfsburg – Fiorentina 5-0 (first leg 7-0)
3′ Kalma, 33′, 49′ Endemann, 77′ Brand, 89′ Wassmuth
The river – Anderlecht 3-0 (first leg 2-1)
70′ Bjelde, 75′ Thomsen, 81′ Saevik
Benfica – Hammarby 0-2 (first leg 2-1)
16′ Blakstad, 90’+5′ Tandberg
Qualified teams for the group stage are in bold