Beaten on the opening day of the Europa League group stage, Roma lost to Bulgarian champions Ludogorets at the start of September, but then bounced back with a victory over HJK Helsinki last time out.

Aided by the Finnish side's captain Miro Tenho receiving a red card after just 14 minutes, Jose Mourinho's men swept their short-handed opponents aside - firing in 29 shots on goal in a comfortable 3-0 home win.

Roma went all the way in the inaugural Europa Conference League last season and lifted the trophy in Tirana, and as an ambitious outfit are eager to emulate that feat in Europe's second-tier tournament. Their fate, though, rests heavily on events during the next few days.

Set to meet Real Betis twice in short order, with the return fixture in Seville scheduled a week after Thursday's encounter at the Olimpico, the Giallorossi cannot afford to slip up - particularly as Ludogorets may well take maximum points from their double-header with HJK.



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罗马在欧联杯小组赛首战就被击败，在九月初输给了保加利亚冠军卢多戈雷茨，但在上一次击败赫尔辛基HJK后迅速反弹。

在芬兰队队长米罗·天豪在比赛仅14分钟就吃到红牌的帮助下，何塞·穆里尼奥的球员们将他们缺少球员的对手扫到一旁，在主场3-0轻松取胜，他们一共射了29次门。

罗马在上个赛季的欧联杯中一路走来，并在地拉那举起了冠军奖杯，作为一支雄心勃勃的球队，他们渴望在欧洲二级联赛中复制这一壮举。不过，他们的命运在很大程度上取决于未来几天发生的事件。

罗马将在短时间内与皇家贝蒂斯进行两次交锋，而在周四在奥林匹克球场的交锋一周后，他们将再次与塞维利亚进行比赛，罗马不能出现失误——特别是卢多戈雷茨很可能从他们与哈德克的两球中拿到最多的积分。