On the eve of his debut, Andriy Shevchenko bothered Tolstoy by invoking "time and patience", what his Genoa team does not have for now. Because so far he has collected just nine points, he has not yet won at home and needs to get away as soon as possible from a ranking that sees him close to the relegation zone. All this with a nightmare calendar until the January market and an injury list that gets longer every week. In this one just passed, the new rossoblù coach lost the captain, Mimmo Criscito, who was also the second best scorer of the team, and one of the two main forwards, Felipe Caicedo. All this having already unavailable the best striker, Mattia Destro, and important elements such as Fares, Bani and Maksimovic,not to mention a bad Kallon as well as the returning Hernani and Vanheusden returned after a long stop. On his side, however, Shevchenko will have the enthusiasm and the charge of Ferraris. The enthusiasm for the company change and for the arrival of the former Golden Ball on the bench could be contagious, or at least he hopes so. "Surely we will have to have the same motivations as the fans when they come to the stadium - explained the new rossoblù coach -. The fans are waiting for them, we need their help". The Genoa supporters will not take the field but they will be able to charge and support the team against a Roma that has very different ambitions. "A dynamic team with many talents - he explained speaking of the Giallorossi -. Above all with a coach who has a winning mentality, charisma and professionalism".Few choices regarding the starting eleven, especially in attack and defense. As well as for the module which should not deviate too much from the 3-5-2 already seen. In fact, the midfielders are not lacking while to lead the team forward it should touch the stainless Goran Pandev.
Probable formations of Genoa-Rome.
Genoa (3-5-2): 57 Sirigu, 14 Biraschi, 15 Vasquez, 5 Masiello, 18 Ghiglione, 47 Badelj, 65 Rovella, 99 Galdames, 50 Cambiaso, 19 Pandev, 24 Bianchi.
(1 Semper, 22 Marchetti, 2 Sabelli, 90 Portanova, 91 Kallon, 10 Melegoni, 94 Touré, 27 Sturaro, 20 Ekuban, 44 Buksa).
Herds Shevchenko.
Disqualified: none Beware: Biraschi Unavailable: Maksimovic, Bani, Caicedo, Criscito, Fares, Destro.
Rome (3-4-1-2): 1 Rui Patricio;
23 Mancini, 4 Cristante, 3 Ibanez;
2 Karsdorp, 17 Veretout, 7 Pellegrini, 92 El Shaarawy;
22 Zaniolo;
14 Shomurodov, 9 Abraham.
(87 Fuzato, 63 Boer, 19 Reynolds, 24 Kumbulla, 65 Tripi, 42 Diawara, 14 Villar, 55 Darboe, 59 Zalewski, 21 Mayoral, 11 Carles Perez, 77 Mkhitaryan, 64 Felix).
Coach: Jose Mourinho.
Suspended: none Suspicious: Cristante, Veretout, Karsdorp, Mancini, Abraham Out: Spinazzola, Smalling, Vina, Calafiori Referee: Irrati di Pistoia Snai odds: 4.75;
4.00;
1.67
