There will be a smile on the face of a certain Egyptian after Liverpool’s Champions League semi-final opponents were confirmed, that’s for sure.
For Mo Salah, it is the unlikeliest of fairy stories. When he left Roma in the summer, he may have dreamed that his new club could reach the last four of the European Cup. The idea of his former side joining them, though? That might have been a bridge too far.
In a cold-blooded sense, this represents the ‘easiest’ draw for Liverpool. However impressive the Italians’ comeback against Barcelona was, Roma are not Real Madrid and they are not Bayern Munich.