AS Roma 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk: 5 Talking Points

#1 Roma's defensive organisation

Alisson did not have the busiest of nights in goal

Shakhtar Donetsk had 62% of possession in the entire game. This meant, that the AS Roma back four had to be up to the task against the creativity and attacking threat of the Brazilians Marlos, Fred, Taison and Bernard.

The task was going to be harder for Roma's defence especially after they took the lead as they had to protect it and they responded brilliantly protecting their lead.

The defensive duo of Kostas Manolas and Federico Fazio combined for a total of 13 clearances and five interceptions.

Aerially, the Italians outperformed the Ukrainians as they won a total of 15 aerial duels in the game along with their 24 successful tackles.

They recovered the ball at crucial moments of the game, dispossessing Shakhtar 16 times, allowing the away side to have only five shots with none of them being on target.

The Italian club's goalkeeper Alisson Becker, had a comforable night in goal as Paulo Fonseca's men failed to register a shot on goal.

His defense put in an excellent performance clearing the ball out of danger and kept him covered throughout the night.

3 - Roma have reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the third time in their history (before in 2006/07 and 2007/08). Great. #RomaShakhtar

— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) March 13, 2018