Relaxed and ready: Kostas Manolas and Edin Dzeko, Roma’s heroes from the win over Barcelona, will be gunning for an encore against Liverpool. more-inThere will not be any shortage of entertainment when two attack-minded coaches, Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp and Roma’s Eusebio Di Francesco, meet on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal at Anfield. Di Francesco has stamped his mark on AS Roma during a roller-coaster first season which has seen the side from the Italian capital return to the Champions League semifinals for the first time in 34 years. Taking over a side missing retired club legend Francesco Totti, Di Francesco has set about moulding the club to his style, as it sits third in Serie A. “The difference for me was Di Francesco, he changed a lot of things and he got it spot on,” said captain Daniele De Rossi.

Source: The Hindu April 23, 2018 16:12 UTC