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Official: AS Roma sacks manager

Eusebio Di Francesco has been sacked by AS Roma and will leave with immediate effect.

The club would like to thank Eusebio for his work during his time at AS Roma and wish him success in the future.

Di Francesco, who won the Scudetto with the Giallorossi as a player in 2001, returned to Rome as first-team coach in the summer of 2017.

Club president Jim Pallotta said: “On behalf of myself and everyone at AS Roma, I’d like to thank Eusebio for his work and his commitment.

"Since returning to the club, Eusebio has always acted professionally and put the club’s needs ahead of his own. We all wish him well for the future."

Di Francesco will be best remembered by fans for leading Roma’s 2017-18 Champions League campaign, the furthest the club had gone in the tournament since 1984, and for plotting the incredible 3-0 comeback against Barcelona to reach the semi-finals.

AS Roma Stats before Yesterday's Uefa Champions league .

 Roma hold a narrow 2-1 advantage from the first leg.

Roma in the last-16

Including both the European Cup and its replacement, the Champions League, Roma have played in the last-16 of the competition on seven different occasions. This tie with Porto is the eighth.

To date Roma have progressed four times and lost the tie on the other three occasions - including one win and one defeat apiece against Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid.

Roma under Di Francesco played 28 Serie A games, won 12, draw 8 and lost 6.

Previous knockout meetings with Portuguese sides

Roma have faced Portuguese opposition in the last-16 of European competition twice in their history. In 1963, the Giallorossi beat Belenenses in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 3-1 on aggregate (2-1 at home, 1-0 away from home).

In 1981, meanwhile, Roma were knocked out of the Cup Winners' Cup by Porto (losing 2-0 away, drawing 0-0 at home).

Last victory in Portugal

27 October 2000. 19 years ago. It's a while since the Giallorossi last won an away European game against a Portuguese side. On that occasion Roma won 1-0, with Vincenzo Montella scoring the only goal for Fabio Capello's side against Boavista.

Since then the Giallorossi have faced Sporting Lisbon and Porto in the Champions League, drawing both games.

Put a date on it

On four occasions in their history have Roma played a European game on March 6; winning three and losing one.

Those games; Roma 3-0 Red Star Belgrade (1963 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup), Bayern Munich 2-0 Roma (1985 Cup Winners' Cup), Roma 2-0 Anderlecht (1991 UEFA Cup), Lyon 0-2 Roma (2007 Champions League).

De Rossi adds up the appearances

Roma captain Daniele De Rossi remains the all-time leading Roma appearance-maker in the Champions League, with 62 appearances (two of those in the play-off rounds). He sits ahead of: Totti (57 appearances), Panucci (38), Manolas (33), Mexes and Perrotta (31).
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