roma seal progress at ten-man feyenoord published: thursday 26 february 2015, 23.30cet feyenoord 1-2 as roma (agg: 2-3) adem ljajić and gervinho were on target for the visitors as roma progressed with their first european away win in seven outings.
• adem ljajić and gervinho register as roma progress; substitute elvis manu with consolation • mitchell te vrede sent-off in 54th-minute; unused substitute erwin mulder dismissed three minutes later • roma record first european away win in seven outings • feyenoord's four-game european winning streak at home brought to a halt • follow friday's round of 16 draw on uefa.com, with live streaming from 13.00cet
gervinho struck in the second half to send roma through to the round of 16 following a tense second-leg in rotterdam against feyenoord in the uefa europa league.
following a 1-1 draw in rome in the first meeting, the opening exchanges saw both teams initially struggling to create clear opportunities to break the deadlock.
the dutch side threatened via jens toornstra's effort from distance but saw a succession of crosses cleared by the roma defence. however, it was the visitors who looked the more likely to score the opener in the first half – with francesco totti heavily involved. the giallorossi's captain almost struck with a delicate lob and the 38-year-old also hit the post with a drive and saw another effort just miss the target – in both cases from the edge of the box.
seconds before half-time, vermeer's attempt to start a quick counterattack following a roma set piece resulted in an away goal. vasilis torosidis cross found adem ljajić in space and the playmaker struck his effort past the dutch international goalkeeper.
the encounter became a heated affair after the restart with mitchell te vrede sent-off following a challenge on kostas manolas, unused substitute erwin mulder also dismissed (protesting from the bench) and the game suspended for 20 minutes due to a crowd disturbance.
despite being down to ten men, the hosts did manage to find the equaliser after karim el ahmadi sent elvis manu clear with only the roma goalkeeper to beat and the striker – brought on the pitch only seconds before – finished calmly past Łukasz skorupski.
the serie a side, however, responded just three minutes after conceding. torosidis delivered another right-wing cross, enabling gervinho to hit the net from up close. manu and terence kongolo created promising openings for de trots van zuid late on. yet, the dutch side were unable to find the equaliser and saw their european hopes, and a four-game winning streak at home in the competition, ended by the visitors.
