Just looking at those names in the semi final and I think 'WOW!' That has to be the finest semi final line up in a long long time. The three most successful clubs in Europe from England, Germany and Spain. And while Roma may live in the shadows of Juventus, AC Milan and Inter when it comes to trophies won, to me, they are still very much equal to those teams in prestige and grandiosity with a passion that surpasses all of them (especially Juventus). Maybe that comes down to our own history with them but when you see that result and that atmosphere in Rome on Tuesday night it strengthens your belief that Roma have just that little extra something that the others in Italy don't have. It's going to be a great semi final lineup whichever way the teams are drawn.
Haha I think that is completely over the top about Roma. They don't live in the shadows of Juve, Milan and Inter in terms of trophies won, really, they live in the shadows of Genoa, Torino and Pro Vercelli... Roma are not very successful at all, like Lazio they're only considered a big club because they are from Rome and are usually there and thereabouts near the top of the league, but never quite there winning it.
Roma has only 3 league titles and finished FOURTEEN times as runners up. I genuinely don't know of any club with a similar rate of success / near success. As a friend of mine once described them, they're totally anti-clutch. Serial bottlers. Hardly ever do anything of note in Europe despite being constantly in the competition. Got spanked by 7 goals more than once just in recent memory.
What they did against Barcelona was so incredible *precisely* because it was so out of character for Roma, not because they're some illustrious glorious club which they really, really are not. They had a good period in the 80s when they won the league (*once*) and then made it to the European Cup final, but then again so did Sampdoria just a little bit later and they're not a special club either.
By the way Roma plays in a 70k stadium and has an average attendance of about 37k.
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