Roma and Juve, all things considered, can be said to be satisfied after the draws for the round of XNUMX of the Champions League. Nyon's urn reserved Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli's executioner, for the Giallorossi and Tottenham for Allegri's team.
Roma, who will have the advantage of playing their first away game having qualified first in the iron group with Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, have avoided the two great pitfalls of the second-qualified group: Bayern Munich, champions of Germany and Paris Saint Germain of Neymar and Cavani, who will face Real Madrid in what promises to be an early final.
Di Francesco's boys will have to keep an eye on the all-Brazilian attack of the Ukrainians, capable of putting even Guardiola's City in difficulty.
Given the second place in the group, a sigh of relief also for Juve. In addition to Cristiano Ronaldo's blancos, the main pitfall, the black and whites found the weakest, so to speak, among the four Englishmen who qualified as first in the group. The two teams from Manchester, City in particular, and Liverpool would have been much tougher opponents.
The one with Tottenham will still be a tough challenge. At Wembley, the black and whites will have to try to limit the offensive sorties of the goal couple Eriksen-Kane, trying to make their greater experience in the competition count.
Day of draws also for the Europa League, a competition in which Italy is represented by four teams. A cross between Italy and Germany for Napoli and Atalanta, who will face respectively Leipzig, the revelation of the Bundesliga last year and third classified in the Champions League group, and Aubemayang's Borussia Dortmund.
Napoli start as favourites, while for Gasperini's boys they are called to yet another, footballingly romantic feat.
Instead, a benevolent draw for Lazio and Milan. The biancocelesti will face the decayed noble Steaua Bucharest, while Gattuso's new Milan will go to play in Bulgaria, against Ludogorets.
