The Roma finds his smile again on the training pitch, and this is already a good start for Mourinho in view of tomorrow’s match against Empoli. He finds it again not because there was an air of crisis after the start of the season, but because in the last ten days José he had worked with a maximum of six members of the first team. Yesterday instead Trigoria it was officially repopulated also with the return of those players who had spent the last few hours in the gym and physiotherapy, recovering from injuries or resting after national team commitments. So it certainly had an effect seeing everyone together on the pitch Renato Sanches, Paredes, N’Dicka, Aouar, Llorente, Mancini, Zalewski ed El Shaarawy. All players injured, bruised, or in any case at risk of forfeit against Empoli until a few days ago. But who will be able to play from the first minute and who will have to start from the bench to avoid further muscle stress? This is a doubt that Mourinho will resolve between today and tomorrow morning together with his technical staff and the team’s doctors Fulvio Bernardini.
Smalling doubt
The players’ reports are on the desk of the Special One, who already has a basic eleven in mind but which is clearly conditioned by the athletic conditions of his team. Pellegrini, for example, will not be in the match due to the problem he felt in the national team and which forced him to return to Trigoria early. The same Spinazzolatwo stands with Spalletti, is not in his best form and Zalewski he will most likely be forced to take the field as a starter. Definitely the most worrying Mourinho (today at 2.30pm he will speak in conference) at the moment it is the state of Smalling. The defender did not train with the group, as he did last week: physical management, the thirty-three year old does not feel in his best condition and it showed in the first three matches of the season. For this reason, after today’s analysis, Mou will decide whether to leave him out, thus favoring the inclusion (and debut) of N’Dicka con Llorente e Mancini. The Italian central defender gritted his teeth and recovered after the discomfort he felt in the second half of the match against North Macedonia.
The situation of Roma’s midfield
The technician’s doubts are therefore linked to the use of Smallingbut also to that of Renato Sanches. Yesterday the Portuguese returned to training with the group after the injury suffered in training on August 24th which forced him to stop after just 25 minutes played in the first championship match against Salernitana. Out against Verona, out against Milan, now Mourinho he will have to decide whether to use him as a starter or leave him on the bench to avoid risks (last season he missed 24 games due to injury) in view of the tour de force until the next break. In that case Bove is ready to return from the first minute together with Cristante (who worked out in the gym yesterday) and Aouar who has recovered from the problem accused against the Milan and in these two weeks of stoppage he was able to recover his condition. In short, Mou still has some doubts about his lineup but he can certainly be at least relieved to have found a good part of the squad again.
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Roma-Empoli, Mourinho’s probable line-up© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2023-09-16 05:54:00
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