On Sunday evening, Roma will face Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus at the Allianz Stadium on matchday number 8 of Serie A.
It’s not just Tammy Abraham which worries José Mourinho, but also Lorenzo Pilgrims. The Roma captain is back, after the double confrontation of the Italian national team against Spain first and then Belgium, with a few lines of fever that kept him away from Trigoria yesterday.
Unlike the returning Jordan Veretout, who immediately trained with his teammates, rest at home for the Giallorossi number 7 and luckily swab with outcome negative, having however already had the Covid-19 last winter. So, while waiting to understand if Pellegrini will be available for Sunday night’s match against Juventus, José Mourinho is working hard on the psychological aspect of the importance of the match.
A direct clash from the top that in the last two years has greatly affected the team, which under the technical guidance of Paulo Fonseca it has seen far more defeats than victories. If Tammy Abraham doesn’t make it, Eldor is ready Shomurodov from the first minute. But there are still many doubts to be resolved in view of Sunday’s match.
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Juventus-Rome, Mourinho’s choices
The first concerns the left back, with Matias fault which, exactly like a month ago, will return just over 24 hours from the challenge. So the Uruguayan full-back is expected to return on Saturday morning, but Mourinho, as reported by the ‘Corriere dello Sport’, will confirm from the first minute Riccardo Calafiori, remained on the bench in the national team game Under 21 in Monza against Sweden.
In defense, the pair of central players formed by Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez will return, given that Chris Smalling’s return will be expected in about a month. The Portuguese coach will also have to think about the long Norwegian away match against Bodo/Glimt in Conference League, and then immediately return to the championship for another direct clash, the one against Naples by Luciano Spalletti that if he were to beat Torino he would arrive at the Olympic Stadium with full points with 8 wins out of 8 and could go hunting for the Roma record of Rudi Garcia with 10 successes in the first 10 days.
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