A goleada to find a smile again. Roma tore little Carpi to pieces with ferocity and cynicism, thus returning to victory after a very difficult week. Five goals and little suffering, the perfect mix to score points and preserve energy in view of the Champions League. However, if not ruined, the party is at least marred by the injuries of Keita, Totti and Dzeko: the first two will certainly miss Borisov's away match (muscle problems) and the third (sprained knee) is also at great risk. “It's a bit like a pyrrhic victory – Garcia's disconsolate comment. – I hoped to win but not with all these injuries. We will evaluate better in the next few days, let's hope it's nothing serious ”. They all cross their fingers on the yellow and red bank of the Tiber because the players in question, more or less, are quite important for the coach's chessboard. In any case, yesterday we needed a victory and a convincing one too: mission accomplished! After a start with a few too many thrills (Borriello close to scoring in the 17th minute) Roma went through through Manolas, who thus redeemed Genoa's own goal (24'). Shortly afterwards it was Pjanic who inflated Brkic's goal, with the specialty of the house: the unstoppable free-kick (28'). Another 3' and here is the third goal, this time with Gervinho (31'). Game on ice in half an hour of play, despite the attempt to reopen it by the excellent Borriello (34').
Second half of pure academy, enhanced by the goals of Salah (51') and Digne (58') and the penalty of Matos saved by De Sanctis, previously caught by the public. The Giallorossi thus jump to fourth place with 11 points, 2 more than Lazio expected today from the away match in Verona (15pm). An important exam for Pioli's men, so far the protagonists of a contradictory season: positive at home, disastrous away. Just Bentegodi recalls one of the worst fools, with the 0-4 suffered by Chievo from Paloschi and Meggiorini, I remember that the biancoceleste coach wants to cancel as soon as possible. “Up to now, away from the Olimpico, we have lacked solidity – the analysis at the press conference. – Now the time has come to find continuity, even if we have beaten Genoa we are still in a delicate phase”. A success on Hellas would definitively put things right, vice versa a misstep would create many problems for an already rather hot environment. Pioli has to deal with many absences but finds Lucas Biglia, one of the most important elements of his chessboard. It is no coincidence that the coach, in the ordinance 4-2-3-1, will immediately send him onto the pitch together with Parolo, for a couple who will have to protect the defense (Basta, Mauricio, Gentiletti and Radu) and help the trocar (Felipe Anderson, Milinkovic-Savic and Lulic). Djordjevic confirmed in attack, returned to the field against Genoa and immediately scored a decisive goal. Mandorlini has problems especially in attack: after Toni Pazzini stopped too. That's why today he will switch to a 3-5-2 with Gomez and Jankovic "falsi nueve".
