Brighton-Roma: probable lineups, time and where to see the match

Brighton 13 March 2024 - The European cup season is starting to get underway and with 16 teams, tomorrow only 8 will remain in the running and the Rome aims to get back into this narrow circle. To do this he will have to complete the work, managing to avoid sensational reversals, thus eliminating the Brighton di De Zerbi and passing the turn. Tomorrow the Giallorossi will be called to the Falmer Stadium to play the second leg of the quarter-finals in England Europa League, after having put the match down, winning the match at the Olimpico 4-0. Kick-off scheduled for 21pm.

Il Brighton he doesn't start with the odds: a four-goal deficit is an almost insurmountable mountain to overcome, but it's that "almost" that makes sport beautiful. The Barcelona in 2016-17, they overturned a 4-0 deficit in the first leg against psg, beating the Parisians 6-1 at Camp Nou, in one of the legendary feats of the Blaugrana's recent era. A precedent that is difficult to replicate, certainly, but not impossible, and this is precisely what it will leverage De Zerbi to try to overturn the bad defeat of the first leg. However, the Seagulls do not arrive with the wind in their sails to this challenge. Despite the success on the last day of the championship, the British blue and white struggled a lot against the Nottingham Forest, overcoming the Tricky Trees in the midst of relegation battle only by 1-0, thanks to the own goal of For Omobams. A decidedly cluttered attack, for a team that has the obligation to score at least four goals, without conceding even one.

On the other hand, however, there will be a coach who is making a comeback in the championship his own mission. Daniele De Rossi he took over from Mourinho with the specific duty of recovering points in the championship and so far the mission has been successful, without neglecting the continental competition, indeed it is not far-fetched to define the first leg match against Brighton as the best performance of the season Rome. To get through to the next round, you won't need another success of similar dimensions to the one at the Olimpico, but it will be enough to maintain the advantage and the quarter-finals will be a reality. The Rossi he knows a lot about comebacks, in fact he was on the pitch when the Giallorossi overturned the 4-1 at Anfield with the Liverpool, winning 3-0 at the Olimpico. This therefore leads us to believe that if there is one person capable of preventing a reversal of such proportions it is the Capitoline technician.

The match at the Falmer Stadium in Brighton was directed by Uefa designated the German race director Felix Zwayer, a 43-year-old German referee, who will be joined by compatriots Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmuller as assistants, Daniel Schlager as fourth official, Bastian Danker at VAR and Sascha Stegemann AVAR. For the Berlin whistleblower it will be his first time as a referee in a match Brighton, while there is precedent for the Rome with the direction of the German and goes back to the direct elimination play-off round ofEuropa League 2016-17: then the Capitoline team fell 0-1 against the Villareal. For the German race director it will be the twenty-fifth direction of the season, the first in Europa League, after having conducted 5 in Champions League between preliminaries (1) and groups (3) and direct elimination (1). To these matches he adds 14 matches of Bundesliga, 4 of Bundesliga.2 (the German Serie B) and one of German Cup. 

Probable lineups

For the home match, De Zerbi the lineup seen at the Olimpico shouldn't particularly change. The formation chosen by the coach should once again be the 4-2-3-1 seen at the Olimpico, however making several changes compared to the eleven seen in the Eternal City. There shouldn't be Steele between the posts like in the first leg, but rather Bridge, with the defense completed by Lamptey, Dunk, van Hecke ed Estupiñan. In the middle the formation will be made up of the duo gilmour e Gross , while forward Ansu Fati should take over Enciso in the line of three attacking midfielders together with Good night e Adingra. In attack it's a runoff between Welbeck and Ferguson, with the British expert favored over the Irishman born in 2004. 

Given the margin gained on the first leg, The Rossi could make some changes, to conserve energy for the championship. However, no sensational turnovers have been seen, with Roma's 4-3-3 composed of Silker between the posts. The defensive line will be composed of Steel, rested against Fiorentina, Mancini, N'Dicka e Spinazzola, with the Ivorian in a run-off with Llorente, scorer of the equalizer against the Viola. Pellegrini will return from the first minute in the middle of the field, while bove could make one of Cristante and one of us catch his breath Paredes. Going forward we could see a new trident with Azmoun in the center supported by Baldanzi e Zalewski, to give the three owners of the Capitoline scheme, namely Lukaku, Dybala and El Shaarawy, a chance to breathe.

Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Lamptey, Dunk, van Hecke, Estupinan; Gilmour, Gross; Goodnight, Fati, Adingra; Welbeck. All.: Roberto De Zerbi.

Rome (4-3-3): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Spinazzola; Bove, Paredes, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Azmoun, Zalewski. All.: Daniele De Rossi.

Where to watch the match 

The match between Brighton e Rome at the Falmer Stadium, valid for the second leg of the round of 21 of the Europa League, will begin at 13pm on Thursday 2024 March XNUMX. There will be various options available to watch the match. The match will be visible in free on TV8, while on the satellite it will be visible on the platform Sky, to the channels Sky Sports One (channel 201) e Sky Sports channel 252. The match will also be available in streaming on NOW for those who have subscribed to the platform and on Sky Go for those who have a Sky subscription. However, the match will also be available in streaming on Dazn, with live connection starting from 20.45pm. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 4/5, Xbox console, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Google Chromecast device. Viewing also possible via the Dazn app or website on tablets, PCs and smartphones. On Sky the commentary of the match valid for a place in the quarter-finals of Europa League, will be entrusted to Maurizio Compagnoni and Luca Marchegiani. On Dazn instead we will have Stefano Borghi commenting on the match in Brighton.