Liverpool date is ideal for Roma’s Daniele De Rossi, a Steven Gerrard fan | Paolo Bandini

Club captain has been with Roma for 16 years and is yearning to lead his hometown club into the final of the Champions League

Daniele De Rossi has waited a whole career to be part of a European night at Anfield. He was 18 the last time Roma played away to Liverpool, back in March 2002, newly promoted from the academy and with a handful of cup games for the senior team under his belt. This was not yet the time for the manager, Fabio Capello, to put his faith in precocious talent.

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