This is over, right? O-V-E-R, OVER. 4-1 to Barca, Barca have Messi, do me a favour. Except sometimes it looks like that's all they've got. In the first leg they were slow, predictable, suspect at the back, and needed two own goals to set them away, while Roma now know they can compete and with the backing of a wild home crowd, if they can score first, might just fancy themselves. It's over, but it's not OVER.
Champions League / Quarter-final
Stadio Olimpico / 10.04.2018
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Updated 10/04/2018 at 20:40 GMT
19:21
Behold.
19:20
Chris Sutton reckons there's belief in the ground - as it happens, the precise opposite of what Steve McManaman just said about the Etihad. Here, the fans will fire the players; there, the players will need to fire the fans.
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Of course, the down side of Roma's set-up is that they've only three men against Barca's two attackers, who happen to be Messi and Suarez. Good luck, chaps.
19:18
People walking.
19:14
The return of Nainggolan is huge for Roma. He's easily the best player, or at least the one most managers would love to sign. If he can get in amongst Rakitic and Busquets, Barcelona will have a problem. In general, Roma have the midfield three or five - they're playing a 3-3-2-2 - to dominate this game. And with two strikers, they've plenty of scope for goals.
19:11
Roma, meanwhile, bring in Jesus for Peres, Nainggolan for Pelergrini and Shick for Perotti.
19:11
So Barcelona are unchanged - I can see that, given they need to get walloped, but it'd be nice to see Dembele.
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Right then, let's have some teams...