Rangers confirmed starting XI vs AS Roma: 4 changes from Old Firm semi-final loss as Tottenham loanee restored
Danny Rohl names his starting line-up to face the Serie A giants in their latest Europa League clash
Danny Rohl has named his Rangers starting XI to face Italian giants AS Roma in this evening’s Europa League showdown on matchday four at Ibrox (8pm BST).
The Light Blues have endures a tough time of it across several competitions this season and are still seeking their first points of the league phase after losing their opening three games to leave them rooted at the foot of the 36-team standings.
Their Serie A opponents succumbed to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Viktoria Plzen a fortnight ago and have just three points to their name so far, making tonight’s clash hugely important for both clubs.
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Rohl has made FOUR changes to his Rangers team from the side that lost Sunday’s Old Firm semi-final to Celtic at the national stadium.
Derek Cornelius, Mohamed Diomande, Thelo Aasgaard and Danilo are replaced in the starting line-up by Max Aarons, Connor Barron, Mikey Moore and Djeidi Gassama in what looks to be a 3-4-3 formation.
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The Ivorian midfielder insists new boss Rohl has installed belief in the team since his arrival as they look to start climbing up the league phase table.
He said: “Yes, we have not had a good start in the European campaign like we did last season. We are all looking forward to playing good in Europe and give our fans the belief that we can get far like we did last season.
“We have two managers already, and we've had three games in Europe that have not been good, but with this manager, we are trying to be as compact as we can to try and get our first win in Europe.
“I hope it is going to be the first one in a good run because we have five more games and we want to try and put ourselves in a good position to qualify.”
Here's your confirmed starting XI’s ahead of tonight’s European encounter in Govan...
Rangers XI:
Jack Butland; James Tavernier (C), John Souttar, Nasser Djiga, Max Aarons, Connor Barron, Nicolas Raskin, Jayden Meghoma, Djeidi Gassama, Mikey Moore, Youssef Chermiti.
SUBS: Liam Kelly (GK), Kieran Wright (GK), Derek Cornelius, Emmanuel Fernandez, Mohamed Diomande, Bailey Rice, Thelo Aasgaard, Lyall Cameron, Findlay Curtis, Bojan Miovski, Danilo, Oliver Antman.
AS Roma XI:
Mile Svilar; Gianluca Mancini (C), Evan Ndicka, Mario Hermoso, Zeki Celik, Bryan Cristante, Neil El Aynaoui, Kostas Tsimikas, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Matias Soule, Artem Dovbyk.