Gonna be interesting to see who EDF fields with such an important game vs Milan up on Sunday. Cristante and Nzonzi are likely starters since they are out for Sunday. I wouldn't be surprised to see Santon, Shick, and Kluivert all start though. Fiorentina has been better in attack the past two games with Muriel in. And Chiesa seems to have started to find his scoring boots. But every time I watch Fiorentina I am stunned by how brainless they seem in midfield and at times in defense. Even the last two games vs Samp and Chievo just horrible fouls in awful spots and schoolboy errors Frankly this is a game that Roma should win easily, so expect 90 minutes of hell.
There's a good chance both will start this I'd say. I could predict about 50 different line-ups for this match.
http://romapress.us/2019/01/30/coppa-italia-roma-fiorentina-the-probable-formations/ AS Roma (4-2-3-1): Olsen; Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov; Cristante, Nzonzi; Zaniolo, Pastore, El Shaarawy; Schick It'd be great if Pastore had a good game.
Wasn't EDF pretty upset with Kluivert after the last game? Yeah, you're just going to have to learn to tolerate the Swede. He's not my favourite either, but we're not seeing a rookie Brazilian get his first start in the Coppa Quarter Finals.
Kluivert had a terrible game when subbed on against Atalanta, but i just thought he was lost like the rest of the team more than any lack of effort. EDF singling the kid out after the game was weak and now i feel he will pay the price for some reason
LOL case and point. Kolarov can't get close to recover on Chiesa , Fazio has to shift over and can't help cover the passing lanes. If you can't cover multiple lanes on a cross , the first CB will look like a fool more often than he should. Just typical. A 2 vs 4 ostensibly becomes a 2 vs 2 because of how fcuking slow we are. And yes, Manolas should be better.
Through ball between Fazio and Kolarov is just easy money for the opposition. What the hell is Kolarov doing?
And we're supposed to compete through May with Kolarov + Fazio in the back? Loaning out Luca will be a terrible move.