From the Times:
'A hush overcame the Grimaldi Forum as AS Roma were placed in the same Champions League group as Manchester United yesterday, just four months after the bloodshed and mayhem that accompanied their meeting in last season's competition. Even a man as football-centric as Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that "Roma is obviously the talking point after what happened last time" - and on this occasion he did not have his team's spectacular 8-3 aggregate victory in mind.
'Distressing scenes marred the Italian club's 2-1 win in the quarter-final first leg at the Olympic Stadium in April, as United's supporters were ambushed by the infamous Roma "Ultras" outside the ground and clashed with riot police inside, with 11 forced to spend the night in hospital. Nor did the second leg in Manchester go peacefully, with rival supporters fighting on the Old Trafford forecourt under the statue of Sir Matt Busby on an evening of 21 arrests.
'Uefa, European football's governing body, pledged last night to offer United's supporters the necessary protection on their return to Rome, but officials from the Serie A club were keen to emphasise that there were also faults on the English side last time. "What happened last season was a shame for football," Antonio Tempestilli, the Roma team manager, said last night. "We are sure the Justice Minister and the police department will act very strongly to avoid a repeat of that. But I hope the same sort of measures will be used in Manchester, too. We must not forget that Roma fans were attacked out there."
'William Gaillard, a special adviser to Michel Platini, the Uefa president, said:. "We will take special care of Manchester United fans because we know they had trouble. We will tighten up security. The Italian FA have a new training programme for stewards and we hope that will make a difference. It means we will have well-trained stewards instead of riot police."