UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Feijenoord Stadion - Rotterdam Thursday 26 February 2015 Feyenoord 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AS Roma Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 02/06/2015 04:43CET

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1 Feyenoord - AS Roma Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

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Feyenoord have a strong home record to draw upon as they look to stave off the threat posed by AS Roma in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie with the scoreline at 1-1. What they say Fred Rutten, Feyenoord coach: "The result of the first game was good, but we know we were very lucky. The result is no guarantee we will get through. We know they are very difficult to beat. They are very patient and will wait for us to make a mistake. Two important players are suspended [Luke Wilkshire and Lex Immers], so this will be a different team this time. Our team is very young and we have to be aware of Roma's skill and the experience. Nevertheless, we want a big result." AS Roma coach Rudi Garcia: "We know that the match tomorrow is very important. It's one of the biggest matches this season. It is clear that we want to win, but therefore we have to score a goal. That's going to be a difficult task, because Feyenoord are a tough team to beat, especially at their home ground. We want a lot of possession and to create as many chances as in the first game. But we must be clinical this time. We are confident of getting the result we want." Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA club competition, with Colin Kazım Richards cancelling out Gervinho's opener to earn Feyenoord an away goal and a draw. • Feyenoord are unbeaten in five home games against Italian opponents (W2 D3), though the most recent three ended in draws. • Roma have lost both of their previous away games in the Netherlands by one-goal margins. Form guide • Feyenoord are on a four-game winning streak at home in European competition. • Roma have gone six games without a European away win (D3 L3). • Feyenoord have not won a springtime UEFA club competition tie since they beat Borussia Dortmund in the 2001/02 UEFA Cup final. • Roma went into the first leg without a win in their last five European games, a run including home defeats by FC Bayern München (7-1) and Manchester City FC (2-0) in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Trivia and links • Feyenoord's Kazım Richards played alongside Roma's Vasilis Torosidis and Kostas Manolas during his time at Olympiacos FC in 2012. • Feyenoord defender Khalid Bouhlarouz is up against three former team-mates: Roma's Ashley Cole (Chelsea FC, 2006–07), Morgan De Sanctis and Seydou Keita (Sevilla FC, 2007/08). • Roma's Dutch forward Urby Emanuelson and Feyenoord's Kenneth Vermeer came through the youth ranks together at AFC Ajax, and were team-mates until Emanuelson left for AC Milan in 2011. • Roma's Dutch midfielder Kevin Strootman started his career with Feyenoord's neighbours Sparta Rotterdam; he was born in Ridderkerk, which is around 15km south-east of Rotterdam. • Feyenoord (1975, 2002) are among 11 former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 32. They are one of the six last-32 contenders who have won the European Cup or UEFA Champions League (1970). The coaches • Feyenoord coach Fred Rutten was a defender for FC Twente, and coached the club in two spells before heading abroad to join FC Schalke 04 in 2008. He returned to the Netherlands the following year and spent nearly three years in charge at PSV Eindhoven and then a season with Vitesse, taking up his current post in March 2014. • The son of a footballer, Roma's French coach Rudi Garcia was a midfielder for LOSC Lille and SM Caen, among others, though he was forced to retire aged 28. He studied and did media work before making his name as a coach with AS Saint-Étienne and Dijon FCO. His attack-minded LOSC side won the French title in 2010/11, with Roma bringing him in as coach in June 2013.

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