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Mourinho will have to begin balancing his rotation between two competitions with Roma's Europa League adventure kicking off in Bulgaria.

In front of Svilar will be the regular center back trio of Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, and Roger Ibañez with Kumbulla out. Consequently, one of the offseason priorities was upgrading the back up keeper position by signing Mile Svilar on a free agent deal. With that in mind, we can’t expect a ton of changes from the side that was routed 4-0 up in Udine on Sunday.

As Feyenoord prepare to step on the pitch at the Stadio Olimpico later tonight to face Lazio in the Europa League, midfielder Orkun Kocku recalled meeting.

Facing many big teams in Europe helped us grow as a team. Lazio are different compared to the Roma team we faced last season.” “Being able to play a European final was fantastic,” said the Turkish international in his pre-match presser.

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Cristante is lucky to escape a yellow card as he catches Souza in the centre of the park. The cross came in from Pellegrini. Mancini and Cristante are both unimpressed and show their frustration towards the Ludogorets man. Ludogorets attack down the left. Pellegrini's ball in is headed back across goal by Mancini, and it clips the outside of the right post! The free-kick is one off the training ground!

Ludogorets finally ended their 18-match winless run in the Europa League as they secured a shock 2-1 victory late on over AS Roma in Razgrad.

Cauly Souza picked up the ball in the right half-space before driving forward into the area and finishing well beyond Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar into the bottom corner to put his side ahead. Serie A The best opening for the Giallorossi came in the 35th minute, as Lorenzo Pellegrini’s corner was headed onto the right post by Gianluca Mancini, and Ludogorets breathed a sigh of relief that the ball stayed out.

Jose Mourinho was surprised by Roma's Europa League defeat to Ludogorets. 'We had the scoring opportunities, but at least it's a group phase and we have.

“I don’t like to talk about the defenders, because it is the whole team that needs to defend properly. The second goal was the consequence of the team not being happy with just a draw and instead pushing on for victory. ‘We had the scoring opportunities, but at least it’s a group phase and we have another five games to recover.’

Roma suffered their first defeat in this year's edition of Europa League as they stepped on the pitch against Ludogorets and were beaten by the hosts in.

The game ended 2-1 and Roma walked off the pitch demoralized with the awareness that they must do much better in order to get back to winning ways after the humiliating loss in Udine on Sunday. The match started on an uneventful note with both teams struggling to create chances on a pitch that was in very poor conditions. After missing several opportunities – among those Gianluca Mancini hitting the post with a header and Lorenzo Pellegrini sending the ball high over the cross bar – the hosts were able to take the lead with Cauly Oliveira in the 72nd minute.

The Portuguese tactician watched his Roma side suffer a second defeat in as many games. | Pulse Nigeria.

A figure who is respected by everyone in the world disappears, a great lady, as well as a queen," Mourinho added. Nonetheless, Mourinho is not worried, although he believes Roma did not deserve to lose the game. It is Roma's second loss in as many games after losing 4-0 to Udinese in the league last Sunday.

Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini took the stage after the game and addressed the team's shortcomings in tonight's loss to Ludogorets in Roma's first outing.

“We have to work hard as we always do in Trigoria. “Now we have to regroup because on Monday we already have another game on the line. Today we wanted to win, we missed many opportunities.

Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa and Conference League, as Roma visit Ludogorets, Fiorentina host RFS Riga and Lazio ...

As for the Conference League, Fiorentina welcome RFS Riga to the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Join us for all the build-up and action as it happens from the Europa and Conference League, as [Roma](/teams/roma) visit Ludogorets, [Fiorentina](/teams/fiorentina) host RFS Riga and [Lazio](/teams/lazio) take on Feyenoord.

Roma's Europa League campaign got off to a poor start in Bulgaria when José Mourinho's side were beaten 2-1 by Ludogorets.

The Cologne captain, Jonas Hector, addressed the crowd, saying: “We really want to play the game with you. “We worked damn hard last year and in the playoff. Villarreal, surprise Champions League semi-finalists last season, came out on top at home in a seven-goal thriller against Lech Poznan. The Brazilian midfielder Cauly opened the scoring with 18 minutes left to play in Bulgaria. Andrei Cordea gave the visitors the lead on 34 minutes before Jarrod Bowen equalised with a penalty on 69 minutes. In the Europa Conference League, West Ham came from behind to beat the Romanian team FCSB 3-1.

Match ends, Ludogorets Razgrad 2, Roma 1. Second Half ends, Ludogorets Razgrad 2, Roma 1. Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from th.

Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Cauly (Ludogorets Razgrad) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Cauly (Ludogorets Razgrad) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Bryan Cristante (Roma) header from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Mady Camara (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Nonato (Ludogorets Razgrad) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Eldor Shomurodov (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Cristian Volpato (Roma) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner. Ludogorets Razgrad 1, Roma 0. Ludogorets Razgrad 1, Roma 1. Ludogorets Razgrad 2, Roma 1.

Jose Mourinho's Roma slumped to a surprise 2-1 defeat away to Ludogorets in the Europa League.

19:00 The result is a measure of revenge for the Turkish side, who lost to the Ukrainians in the Champions League qualifying rounds. Uzbek forward Eldor Shomurodov looked to have secured a draw for Roma when he equalised with four minutes to go, cancelling out Brazilian midfielder Cauly's opener.

Jose Mourinho's miserable week continued on Thursday as his Roma side were beaten 2-1 by Ludogorets Razgrad in their opening Europa League fixture.

There was a great reaction on our part, we find the equaliser, and then a minute later they score again. “But I find the result quite unreliable. The performance was enough to not lose the game.

After a brief hiatus for the international break, which saw Italy qualify for next year's Women's World Cup, the AC Milan Women will return to action this ...

For the UK, US, Germany, and Ireland, the game will be on Ata Football. If you live Italy, the game will be shown on MilanTV and TimVision. This weekend, they’ll be staring down the barrel of another gun and one of their former players will be a bullet in that chamber.

Tammy Abraham is expected to be present in Jose Mourinho's call-up sheet for the upcoming Serie A fixture with Empoli on Monday night, reports Sky Sport.