AS Roma have suffered another European humiliation, losing 3-0 at home to Porto with two players sent off to miss the European Champions League group stage.
After drawing 1-1 in Portugal in the first leg playoff, Roma started favourites but never recovered after Felipe gave the visitors an eighth-minute lead.
They imploded completely when Daniele De Rossi and his replacement Emerson Palmieri were shown straight red cards either side of halftime.
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Monaco joined Porto when they beat Villarreal 1-0 after a late penalty by Fabinho sealed a 3-1 aggregate win and Legia Warsaw, Celtic and Ludogorets Razgrad also qualified, although none won on the night.
Ten-man Legia drew 1-1 at home with Irish part-timers Dundalk but progressed 3-1 on aggregate to become the first Polish side to reach the group stage of Europe's premier club competition for 20 years.
Former European champions Celtic squeezed past Hapoel Beer Sheva 5-4 on aggregate despite a 2-0 loss in Israel and Ludogorets held Viktoria Plzen 2-2 away to secure a 4-2 aggregate win.
Roma became the third successive Serie A team and the sixth in the past eight seasons to lose in the playoff round, leaving Italy with only two representatives - Juventus and Napoli - in Thursday's (Friday NZT) group-stage draw.
Roma club legend Francesco Totti watched on in horror from the bench (Getty Images)
Roma have had their fair share of recent European disasters after losing 6-1 to Barcelona last season and 7-1 at home to Bayern Munich two years ago. Yet not even they could have imagined how today's game would unfold.
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