Uefa Champions League
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS OSK Metalist Stadion - Kharkiv Wednesday 21 February 2018 20.45CET (21.45 local time) FC Shakhtar Donetsk Round of 16, First leg AS Roma UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 5 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AS Roma Wednesday 21 February 2018 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit OSK Metalist Stadion, Kharkiv Match background FC Shakhtar Donetsk and AS Roma have not enjoyed the best of times in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, but each have the opportunity to improve on that record when they meet in the first leg in Kharkiv. • Shakhtar have lost two of their three last-16 ties – the sole exception their first appearance, a 6-2 aggregate win against Roma in the spring of 2011. • Roma, who finished first in Group C this season, are in the round of 16 for the sixth time. However, they have not featured in the quarter-finals in a decade, and have lost their last three ties at this stage. Previous meetings • Shakhtar recorded a comfortable victory against Roma when the teams met at this stage of the 2010/11 competition. First-half goals from Jádson (29), Douglas Costa (36) and Luiz Adriano (41) gave the Ukrainian side a 3-2 first-leg victory in Rome despite Razvan Raţ's own goal (28) and a Jérémy Ménez strike (61) for Roma. • Mircea Lucescu's team completed the job back in Donetsk thanks to Willian's double (18, 58), either side of Marco Borriello's 28th-minute penalty miss for the visitors, and a late Eduardo effort (87).
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