Champions League Team News : Moses Simon Starts Against Wolfsburg; Sadiq Umar Not Involved For Roma

Champions League Team News : Moses Simon Starts Against Wolfsburg; Sadiq Umar Not Involved For Roma

Nigeria winger Moses Simon has been included in KAA Gent&rsquo;s starting XI for the eagerly anticipated Champions League meeting with Wolfsburg.<br /><br />Back home in his native land, the talking point days leading up to Wednesday night&rsquo;s clash at the Ghelamco Arena was whether or not he would be fit enough to play a part against the Germans after picking up an injury versus Mouscron-P&eacute;ruwelz five days ago.<br /><br />Thanks to Gent medics, who worked round the clock, Simon is now in tip-top condition and participated in full training on Monday and Tuesday.<br /><br />The Golden Boot Soccer Academy product was named in the starting lineup for the group games against Lyon and Zenith St Petersburg.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the promising striker Sadiq Umar has been left out of Roma&rsquo;s squad for the round of 16 clash with Real Madrid at the Stadio Olimpico.<br /><br /><b>Gent Starting XI</b>: Sels, Mitrovi&#263;, Asare, Nielsen, Renato Neto, Kums, Dejaegere, Foket, Milicevic, Depoitre, <b>Simon</b><br /><br /><b>Roma Starting XI</b> :&nbsp; Szcz&#281;sny, Florenzi, Manolas, R&uuml;diger, Digne, Vainqueur, Pjani&#263;, Salah, Nainggolan, El Shaarawy, Perotti.<br /><b><br />Substitutes</b> : De Sanctis, Maicon, De Rossi, Keita, Falque, Totti, Dzeko
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