Feyenoord 1-1 Roma: Lukaku strikes to grab draw for visitors in UEL play-off

Romelu Lukaku’s header gave Roma a precious 1-1 draw away to Feyenoord in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, while both teams hit the woodwork.

Match Report

Romelu Lukaku kept up his hot scoring form by netting the equalizer to give Roma a 1-1 draw at Feyenoord.

Brazilian winger Igor Paixão put the hosts ahead with a header in the first-half injury time before Lukaku nodded home in the 67th after a meeting a cross into the box.

It was Lukaku’s sixth goal of this season’s Europa League and he now has 21 in his last 18 games in the competition.

It is the third time in three years that the two teams are playing each other in Europe, including the 2022 Europa Conference League final which Roma won 1-0 to give Jose Mourinho another major trophy.

This was the first European game in charge for former Roma captain Daniele De Rossi, who replaced the fired Mourinho as coach last month.

The eight runners-up in the Europa League group stage are playing the eight third-place teams from the Champions League group stage in the playoffs.

The return matches are scheduled for Feb. 22. The eight winners will then take on the Europa League’s group winners, who qualified directly for the round of 16.

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Line-ups

Feyenoord XI: Timon Wellenreuther, Bart Nieuwkoop, David Hancko, Stengs, Ayase Ueda, Mats Wieffer, Igor Paixão, Ramiz Zerrouki, Quilindschy Hartman, Thomas Beelen, Yankuba Minteh

Subs: Kostas Lamprou, Luka Ivanusec, Marcos López, Ondrej Lingr, Santiago Gimenez, Antoni Milambo, Mikki van Sas, Leo Sauer, Givairo Read

Roma XI: Lukaku, Paredes, Spinazzola, Dybala, D.Llorente, Karsdorp, Pellegrini, Mile Svilar, G. Mancini, Nicola Zalewski, Edoardo Bove

Subs: Patricio, El Shaarawy, Smalling, S. Azmoun, Cristante, R.Sanches, Angelino, Zeki Çelik, Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi, Pietro Boer, João Costa