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Barcelona vs AS Roma Prediction & Betting tips
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, Arlington’s AT & T Stadium will host the next match of the 2018 International Champions Cup. It comes to the reissue of the Champions League quarter-final of last season: Barcelona meets AS Roma. For both teams, this is the second game at this year’s ICC. Rome had lost its opening match to Tottenham Hotspur on July 25, beating Monaco 4-1. Barca also had to play in the first game against the Spurs. The duel on July 28, the Spanish double winner decided on penalties for themselves. After 90 minutes it had stood 2: 2. There is currently a lot of pressure between the two teams.
The Roma had recently agreed with the player Malcom, his advisor and his club Girondins Bordeaux on a transfer. Both clubs announced the agreement. For 36 million euros, the Stümer should change to Rome. But then Barca offered five million more euros and grabbed the Romans the Brazilians at the last minute under the nose. Rome’s President James Pallotta did not accept the Catalan’s apology for the move. The direct comparison between the two teams speaks with three wins for Barca. Add to that a draw and a victory for Rome. Who’s in the lead this time? The betting base analyzes the match and presents a tip and good betting odds for Barcelona against AS Roma.
Barcelona:
In the last season, Barcelona have become Spanish champions for the 25th time with a fourteen-point lead over Atletico Madrid. It was the first season under coach Valverde and the third championship title in the last four years. Barcelona had suffered only one defeat in the entire La Liga season. At Camp Nou one remained unbeaten. The Copa del Rey, the Spanish Cup, even won the Catalans for the fourth time in a row in 2018. With 30 cup wins, Barca is the record trophy winner in Spain. Coach Ernesto Valverde nominated for the three games of the International Champions Cup 2018 a 26-man squad, consisting of 13 junior players and 13 players from the A-team. Barca has to renounce World Cup drivers like Lionel Messi, Coutinho, Paulinho, Yerry Mina, Rakitic, Umtiti, Dembele, Luis Suarez, Thomas Vermaelen, Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets. Barca legend Andres Iniesta, however, left the club and moved to China. How can the Catalans cope with the departure of Iniesta?
In the past eleven months, Barca spent € 385m on new players, most of the money for Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho. Before this season, the Spanish champions reinforced with players such as Malcom, Clement Lenglet and Arthur. There is more and more criticism of the Catalan’s new unscrupulous Transferpolitk. In the past, you bet on young talents and home grown people. Meanwhile, you get almost only finished, expensive players. In doing so, you guide the professionals with questionable manners. In the previous season, Ousmane Dembele had striked at BVB to Barca. Philippe Coutinho also complained of back pain until Liverpool allowed him to move to Barcelona. Midfielders Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes were injured in the first ICC game. Both can no longer be used in the 2018 Champions Cup.
AS Roma:
In the last season, the Roma caused a stir in the Champions League. Coach Eusebio Di Francesco’s team reached the semi-finals. There one differed narrowly against Liverpool. Especially remembered was the quarter-final against Barcelona. After a 1: 4 first leg defeat at Camp Nou the Romans turned the game at home with a sensational 3-0. The last season of the Serie A had ended Roma in a good third place. This summer, AS Roma had to cope with some prominent departures. Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan moved to Liverpool for € 38m to compete with Inter Milan and Alisson Becker for € 62.5m. Lukasz Skorupski, Juan Iturbe and Marco Tumminello were also sold. The transfer revenue was almost 120 million euros.
But sports director Monchi was allowed to reinvest the money on a grand scale. So before the current season, the Swedish national goalkeeper Robin Olsen as well as players like Javier Pastore, Justin Kluivert, Bryan Cristante, Gregoire Defrel, Davide Santon and Ivan Marcano. Only with the transfer of Malcom one had to accept a defeat against Barcelona. The Roma still dreams of the first championship since 2001. At the ICC, Rome hardly has to give up regular players. The new keeper Olsen is likely to make his debut against Barca. World Cup drivers like Serbian Aleksandar Kolarov and Argentinian Federico Fazio are back in the squad. The first test match in the current season preparation won Rome 9-0 against the fourth division Latina Calcio. Against second division Avellino Calcio you did not get beyond a 1: 1 out. Due to injury, professionals such as Rick Karsdorp, Cengiz Ünder and Mirante are currently missing.
Barcelona vs AS Roma head to head matches
10.04.18 CL AS Roma Barcelona 3 : 0
04.04.18 CL Barcelona AS Roma 4 : 1
24.11.15 CL Barcelona AS Roma 6 : 1
16.09.15 CL AS Roma Barcelona 1 : 1
05.08.15 CF Barcelona AS Roma 3 : 0