Team wears special patch for Morricone

Roma players will wear a special pitch dedicated to composer and lifelong Giallorossi fan Ennio Morricone, who passed away earlier this week.

Morricone, an Oscar-winning composer responsible for some of the most renowned soundtracks in cinema history, died on Monday at the age of 91.

In tribute, players from the club he supported avidly throughout his life will wear a special patch during Wednesday's game against Parma.

Morricone, who lived in Rome throughout his life despite his burgeoning Hollywood career, first went to watch the Giallorossi as a child - and remained an avid fan throughout his life.

In 2012 he was named to the panel that chose the club's all-time XI for its newly inaugurated Hall of Fame - a ceremony for which he also provided one of his most famous pieces of music, Estasi dell'Oro (Ecstasy of Gold).

You can read more about Morricone and Roma here.