Simply over three years in the past, Jose Mourinho guided them to the inaugural Convention League title, overcoming Feyenoord in Tirana, earlier than main them to the ultimate of the Europa League 12 months later, dropping on penalties to Sevilla in Budapest.
There's greater than a flicker of sunshine that extra success is simply across the nook, however Roma misplaced away from house for the primary time this season final day out – AC Milan squeezing house 1-0 on the San Siro on Sunday.
For context, a win would have taken them to the Serie A summit for the primary time in a decade and, like Rangers of their League Cup semi-final defeat by Celtic, that they had a lot possibilities to take action in what was an entertaining contest.
Argentine World Cup hero Paulo Dybala had a late penalty saved in a recreation wherein it was barely plausible that just one purpose was scored.
Dybala injured himself taking the spot-kick and can miss the journey to Ibrox, together with his place probably going to Italy worldwide Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Defender Angelinho, who scored towards Rangers within the semi-finals of this match while at RB Leipzig in 2022 and Eire ahead Evan Ferguson, who's on mortgage from Brighton, are additionally absent.
Regardless of a promising begin domestically, Roma's Europa League marketing campaign has spluttered. They beat Good on the opening night time however have been crushed by Lille and Viktoria Plzen within the Stadio Olimpico of their previous two.
Thus they arrive to Scotland in want of a victory, with bottom-placed Rangers in a fair poorer place.
