Sierie A: on Sunday
Rome-Verona
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Verona is not the only obstacle that Roma must overcome.
There is serenity to be recovered because the smile of El Shaarawy, returned to cross the gates of Trigoria after having terminated with Shanghai and signed for the Giallorossi, is contrasted by the dark face of Edin Dzeko, ready to sit in the stands again.
The frost with Paulo Fonseca - the exchange with Inter vanished - remains: and the coach cuts short on the obviously thorny issue.
"There has been a lot of speculation. It's a question I don't want to talk about, we'll see next week" he limited himself to saying.
A postponement that seems all but an opening, as if the coach wanted to wait for Monday (last market day) to understand if the Bosnian will still be a Roma player.
The exchange with Inter has now disappeared and the feeling is that from next week the management (Fienga and Pinto above all) will have to get to work to mend a rift born immediately after the match with the Italian Cup Spezia.
So for the moment the designated captain remains Lorenzo Pellegrini, but on one aspect Fonseca seems certain: the Dzeko case will not have and had no repercussions on the team.
ù "The last league game says everything about it" commented the Portuguese, enthusiastic about the arrival of El Shaarawy: "He knows Italian football well and is important. He also loves Roma and has characteristics that can help us."
Probable formations of Rome-Verona.
Rome (3-4-2-1): 87 Mirante;
23 G.Mancini, 6 Smalling, 3 Ibanez;
2 Karsdorp, 17 Veretout, 14 Villar, 37 Spinazzola;
7 Lo.Pellegrini, 77 Mkhitaryan;
31 Mayoral (13 Pau Lopez, 87 Fuzato, 5 J.Jesus, 33 B. Peres, 24 Kumbulla, 4 Cristante, 18 Santon, 61 Calafiori, 42 Diawara, 57 Providence, 31 C. Perez, 58 Tall).
All .: P. Fonseca.
Disqualified: none.
Beware: Cristante, Ibanez, Lo.Pellegrini, B.Peres, Villar.
Unavailable: Dzeko, Fazio, Pastore, Pedro, Zaniolo.
Verona (3-4-2-1): 1 Silvestri;
27 Dawidowicz, 21 Gunter, 3 Dimarco;
5 Pharaohs, 14 Ilic, 61 Tameze, 8 Lazovic;
20 Zaccagni, 7 Barak;
29 Kalinic.
(22 Berardi, 25 Pandur, 13 Udogie, 17 Ceccherini, 15 Cetin 6 Lovato, 16 Terraciano, 18 Cancelleri, 9 Salcedo, 11 Favilli, 92 Lasagna, 36 Amione, 90 Colley).
All .: Juric.
Disqualified: Magnani.
Be wary: none.
Unavailable: Benassi, Sturaro, Veloso, Vieira.
Referee: Piccinini from Forlì.
Snai odds: 1.65;
4.00;
5.00.