The match against Udinese was interrupted last Sunday after defender Evan Ndicka suffered discomfort and collapsed. The score was 1-1. According to initial reports, the player felt chest pain, but he was never in mortal danger. He had to be taken to hospital, where tests showed it was not a heart attack. The shocked Roma players did not want to continue playing football after the incident.
AS Roma will face Bayer Leverkusen in the semi-finals of the Europa League (May 2 and 9). Before that there will be league matches against Bologna (April 22) and Naples (April 28). Between the double confrontation with the brand new German champion, there will still be the summit match against Juventus (May 5). Roma believes that the remaining minutes against Udinese cannot be added to this program.
“AS Roma, with its results and its four consecutive European semi-finals, contributed to the UEFA ranking and therefore to obtaining five places for Italian teams in the next edition of the Champions League”, the club said on Friday. “Despite this, (Serie A) president Lorenzo Casini today took an unfair decision against AS Roma, forcing us to face Bayer 04 Leverkusen in disadvantageous conditions,” the club added. . “This is a clear setback for the whole of Italian football.”
