The expected lineup, some players have small injuries like Pastore, Florenzi and Perotti, but they will be ready for RM. Nzonzi will probably start instead of DDR.
Chievo are the only team with more conceded shots than us this season. I say give Pellegrini and Cristante another go. Then we have Schick, Kluivert and Nzonzi off the bench to secure the result.
#Ufficiale 4-3-3 Olsen Florenzi Manolas Jesus Kolarov Cristante Nzonzi Pellegrini Under Dzeko El Shaarawy #RomaChievo @SkySport #skyseriea— Angelo Mangiante (@angelomangiante) September 16, 2018
This is the kind of game and the kind of team that Nzonzi should be able to boss. Half of the time he has looked so languid. He's been a passenger. It's really concerning. This second half has been so poor. We should have put this game away long ago, and went into Madrid with confidence. Instead we are barely hanging on here and Manolas and many others are playing a full 90. Ridiculous.
With Kolarov as part of a back four, you are essentially defending with only three. The guy shows so little interest in actually defending it's almost like he's not there.
Substitutions were head scratching... N'Zonzi has been struggling and he stays on and Pellegrini off. N'Zonzi and DDR wasn't going to work. Karsdorp gets caught just standing outside the box watching that goal.
From Champions League semi to a team that will struggle to qualify this year. What a summer we've had.
Pathetic, Chievo were the better side. EDF talks a lot but has yet to show anything, his football is still garbage and nothing has changed.
I have no idea wtf EDF was thinking with those substitutions. DDR for N'Zonzi was the substitution and the MF starts humming again.