Serie A: the second advance of the 32 / day is played at 19.30, Brescia-Roma LIVE
The doubt Dzeko, the certainty of the form. On the eve of the Brescia field trip, Paulo Fonseca confirms that he does not want to upset the formation too much and will continue to field Roma with the 3-4-2-1 seen with Parma. Some interpreters, however, will inevitably change from the last release as they will miss Mkhitaryan and Cristante, who had played as a defensive center with the ducals to fill the void left by the injured Smalling. "We will play with the three-man defense, and Fazio will replace Cristante" then explains the Giallorossi coach, still undecided on the man to choose instead of the Armenian: "We have many players who can play that role, we'll see tomorrow". Certainly it will not be Zaniolo who starts the race. "It has been a long time injured, now we have to choose the right time to make him return to play more and more minutes - underlines Fonseca -. But the most important thing is the team, I can't think only of Zaniolo. If we have the possibility, Zaniolo will play more minutes, if we don't have a chance, he won't play. " Those who may need to rest, leaving room for Kalinic, are Dzeko. "He played the last two games, worked very defensively, has little time to recover - recalls the Portuguese -. I spoke yesterday with Edin, he was a little tired, let's see today how he is physically and then I will decide."
In short, the finishing will be crucial to understand who will play, and also to find out if there will be other failures like the one that took place with Kluivert before the match against Parma.
"I didn't like his training, I talked to him about it and for this he was not called up - reveals Fonseca -. But he reacted, he trained well, and if today he will do it tomorrow it will be an option for us". The certainties are Veretout and Pellegrini. French is increasingly indispensable in midfield even if Fonseca tries not to load him with too many responsibilities. "No player is essential in Rome, but I can say that he is in a great moment and that it is very important for us", then on Pellegrini: "If I am satisfied with his season? I am never satisfied but I have total confidence in him, I am he likes it so much, he is a young man who can and must improve ".
There is not only the championship, however, in Roma's thoughts.
Nyon's urn has decreed the potential path of the Giallorossi in the Europa League: if the round of 16 with Sevilla (dry game in Germany on 5 or 6 August) will pass, if they will see it in the quarterfinals against the winner of Wolverhampton-Olympiacos. Already drawn the teams in the side of the scoreboard of Rome in case of semifinal: the opponent will exit between Copenhagen-Basaksehir and Manchester United-Lask. An additional obstacle, perhaps, in the negotiation with the Red Devils to allow Smalling to play the cup matches with Roma. "We are working on it, I am very confident that he can play in the Europa League" concludes Fonseca.
