Roma will be looking to keep their Europa League adventures alive on Thursday evening when they host Salzburg in the reverse leg of their knockout phase playoffs tie.
The Austrian outfit will travel to Rome with a one-goal cushion thanks to Nicolas Capaldo whose late 88th-minute strike found the back of the net seven days ago in Austria.
The Romans were a somewhat better side on the pitch throughout the 90 minutes of play and they did not deserve a loss on the occasion.
Jose Mourinho’s men bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Hellas Verona on Sunday evening in Serie A.
It was an important victory for the Portuguese manager and his men who have thus successfully continued the battle for the top-four finish in this term of the top flight of Italian football.
Salzburg were also successful on Sunday as they eased past Tirol 1-3 on the road to stay six points clear at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga standings.
The good news for head coach Matthias Jaissle is the return of striker Benjamin Sesko who bagged one of his team’s three goals just after coming on as a second-half sub at the weekend.
Sesko and his teammates will find it very tough to produce up front here past Roma, though. Jose Mourionho has found a nice formula to help his team keep things quiet at the back of late.



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罗马希望在周四晚上继续他们的欧联杯冒险，届时他们将在淘汰赛阶段的决赛中主场迎战萨尔茨堡。
这支奥地利球队将带着一球的优势前往罗马，这要感谢卡帕尔多7天前在奥地利的比赛中，他在最后88分钟的进球破门。
罗马人在90分钟的比赛中表现得更好，他们不应该在这种情况下输球。
在周日晚上的意甲联赛中，穆里尼奥的球队以1-0战胜了维罗纳。
这对葡萄牙教练和他的球员来说是一场重要的胜利，他们成功地继续了本赛季意大利足球顶级联赛前四的争夺。
萨尔茨堡在周日的比赛中也取得了成功，他们在客场1-3轻松击败了泰洛，在德甲积分榜上保持6分的优势。
对于主教练马提亚斯·贾尔斯来说，好消息是前锋本杰明·塞斯科的回归，他在周末下半场替补上场后就打进了球队三粒进球中的一粒。
不过，塞斯科和他的队友们会发现在对阵罗马的比赛中很难打出前场。何塞·穆里尼奥找到了一个很好的公式来帮助他的球队在最近的比赛中保持安静。