In the early morning of September 27, Beijing time, in the first round of the Europa League stage of the new season, Roma played Bilbao at home. After 90 minutes of competition, Roma conceded a goal in the last minute and was finally held to a 1-1 draw by Bilbao, missing a good start, and the new coach Ivan Juric took over and missed two consecutive wins on both fronts.
In the last two seasons of the Europa League, Roma have been led by three different managers, starting with Jose Mourinho, then De Rossi, and now Ivan Juric. Last season, Jose Mourinho led the team to the knockout play-offs, and then De Rossi led the team to the semi-finals, but before the start of the Europa League of the new season, Roma had already sacked De Rossi early, so Ivan Juric led the team.
In this year's summer window, Roma spent 91.1 million euros to introduce a number of strong reinforcements, trying to compete for a better position, but De Rossi led the team to a bad start, with 3 draws and 1 loss in the first 4 rounds of Serie A, and the ranking fell to 16th in the standings, which is close to the relegation zone.
For this reason, the decision to change the manager was made at Roma's top, and it was only 246 days since De Rossi took over Mourinho, with Ivan Juric taking over the contract until the end of the season.
In the first game of Roma's change of manager, Ivan Juric led the team to a 3-0 thrashing of Udinese, winning their first win of the new season, while rising to ninth in the table, away from the league relegation zone.
After four days, Roma ushered in their first Europa League game, hosting La Liga powerhouse Bilbao, and the two sides met for the first time in history.
In the first half, Roma had 76 per cent possession and scored one goal from just three shots. In the 32nd minute, Angelino sent in a cross and Dovbik flanked the header to score for his first time in the Europa League.
Dovbik moved from Girona to Roma for €30.5 million this summer, but the first three games were sloppy, and many fans began to question the La Liga Golden Boot winner last season, and then scored in three consecutive games against Genoa, Udinese and Bilbao.
In the second half, Bilbao fought back frantically and increased possession to more than 40%. In the 85th minute, Unai Nunez assisted Aitor Paredes to score, and the score was 1-1 equalized.
At full-time, Roma were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bilbao and missed a good start.
In this game, Roma had a chance to win, but the lax defense at the last moment led to the loss of the goal, and the 3 points in hand became 1 point, of course, the current state and appearance of the whole team are significantly better than last month, and the change of coach did play a big role, perhaps this is another problem in the Roman dressing room, and De Rossi can no longer stand it.