Europa League, guide to the second leg of the round of 16: the matches of Milan, Roma and Atalanta

Milan, 13 March 2024 – Roma, Milan and Atalanta return to the field tomorrow, Thursday 14 March, in the matches return of eighths of final of Europe League. For the Giallorossi and, in part, for Pioli's team, the hope is that the saying 'he who begins well is halfway there' will be true. The team of De Rossi, in fact, is fresh from the resounding 4-0 that annihilated the Brighton & Hove Albion of De Zerbi, considered one of the most difficult teams in the competition. While as regards the Milan, in Prague we will start from 4-2 in the first leg, but those defensive blunders that allowed the team to Trpisovsky to score two goals despite the numerical inferiority are to be absolutely taken into consideration and corrected. Who will not have a simple life is Atalanta which, against the Sporting Lisbon, will start again from the 1-1 draw achieved in Portugal with Gianluca Scamacca who equalized Paulinho's goal. Other challenges include: West Ham - Freiburg, XNUMX Tap and teammates who go to England after the 1-0 at home, while Xabi Alonso with its Leverkusen is fresh from a 2-2 draw at the last minute against Qarabag. Those who are almost certain of access to the quarters are Liverpool (1-5 vs Sparta Prague) e Olympic Marseille (4-0 vs Villarreal).

Turnover? Absolutely not, Pioli in Prague with the very starting players

Despite the 4-2 at San Siro, Stefano Pioli doesn't want to take any risks in the return match against them Slavia Prague. The only one absent will be Florence, disqualified, therefore returns to the defense lane in his place Calabria. At the center of the defense there is Cage after the rest period in the championship, next to him Tumor. In midfield Adli with Reinders, the latter Favourite su Bennacer, instead the very starters are in front with the return of Lion after the disqualification against Empoli. From the 1st minute too Giroud, Jovic starts out On the other hand, given the direct red card given in the first leg due to the mistake on Pulisic, Diuf will be missing, while for the rest Trpisovsky should confirm all the protagonists of the Italian match. Below are the probable lineups for Thursday's match at 18.45pm.

Slavia Prague (4-2-3-1): Stanek; Vicek, Holes, Zima, Boril; Masopust, Dorley; Doudera, Provod, Zmrzly; Chytil

Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Theo Hernandez; Adli, Reijnders; Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Giroud.

De Zerbi dreams of a remuntada, but this Roma wants the quarterfinals and more...

It won't take much for Roma's Daniele De Rossi to get through to the quarter-finals of Europe League. After the 4-0 first leg, the objective is to go to England to protect the large margin. In the den of the seagulls However, it won't be easy, with the public pushing and dreaming of a historic comeback. De Serve will confirm his 4-2-3-1 with Anshu Fati that could get the better of enciso up front, while they will be confirmed Adingra e Danny Welbeck. Brighton still without Milner, Mitoma and Joao Pedro. By changing the bench, De Rossi could do a bit turnover: in midfield Edoardo bove he hopes for a chance, while starting in front bench for Dybala, with Baldanzi, Lukaku and Zalewski in the trident.

Brighton (4-2-3-1): Steele; Lamptey, Van Hacke, Dunk, Igor; Gilmour, Gross; Fati, Goodnight, Adingra; Welbeck

Rome (4-3-3): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka, Spinazzola; Bove, Cristante, Pellegrini; Baldanzi, Lukaku, Zalewski

Atalanta restarts from a 1-1 draw in the first leg, against Sporting it won't be easy

The fourth match of the year will be staged in Bergamo on Thursday at 21pm Atalanta e Sporting Lisbon. After the matches played in the groups and the first leg which ended 1-1, the Dea and the Portuguese will play it all on the lawn of the Gewiss Stadium. Probably a very balanced match awaits us, with two teams very skilled at immediately verticalising, seeking the depth and speed of their wingers and offensive wingers. The two teams know each other very well and, therefore, limiting the offensive outbursts of players like Lookman and De Ketelaere on the one hand, or Trincao and the striker Gyokeres on the other will prove decisive. Gian Piero Gasperini could use Chess as a weapon in the ongoing match, after the ownership of the first leg, and in his place there will be the former Milan player De Ketelaere to act as first striker. On the other side, Ruben Amorim he will throw Viktor back into the fray from the first minute gyokeres instead of Paulinho. Below are the likely formations.

Atalanta (3-4-2-1): Musso; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Kolasinac; Holm, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri; Koopmeiners, Lookman; De Ketelaere.

Sporting Lisbon (3-4-3): Israel; Diomande, Coates, Quaresma; Catamo, Morita, Hjulmand, Reis; Edwards, Gyokeres, Trincao.

All Thursday's matches

Thursday 14 March at 18.45pm

Slavia Prague - Milan (2-4)

Rangers - Benfica (2-2)

Villareal - Olympique Marseille (0-4)

West Ham - Freiburg (0-1)

Thursday 14 February 21 hours

Atalanta - Sporting Lisbon (1-1)

Brighton - Rome (0-4)

Leverkusen - Qarabag (2-2)

Liverpool - Sparta Prague (5-1)

Where to watch the Europa League on TV

All matches ofEurope League 2023/2024 can be followed both on Sky Sport (Sky Sport 252, Sky Sport Uno or Sky Sport 4K), but also via live streaming on Dazn, Now Tv e Sky Go. Furthermore, also available free-to-air on TV8.