Hunting for first place. Roma opens the 13th day with the aim of getting back in the lead, albeit waiting for Inter and Fiorentina. In the middle is Bologna regenerated by the Donadoni cure, an affordable opponent until a few weeks ago and now completely indecipherable. Also because the Giallorossi have to deal with the calendar and injuries: on Tuesday there will be the "impossible" (but decisive) away match in Barcelona and the squad has numerous defections. In addition to Salah and Gervinho, De Rossi will also be missing, which reduces his choices to the bone Garcia, forced into a practically obligatory turnover.
“The Dall'Ara match presents many pitfalls – confirmed the Frenchman from the Trigoria press room. – In these cases, especially after a break, there is always the risk of underestimating your opponents. But this match is far from won from the start, the boys know they will have to give their all to win the 3 points”.
Mind and concentration, here is the recipe for conquering Bologna. On a technical level there would be no match and this regardless of the absences, however the pitfalls can come above all on a mental level. Roma could already have their heads in the Champions League, the rossoblu instead will try to prolong the Donadoni effect, already promoter of two consecutive victories. “An important opponent awaits us, we are talking about one of the strongest teams in Italy – the thought of the coach from Bologna. – We will have to give our best to get a result but it's absolutely not true that we have nothing to lose". On the other hand, his Bologna has shown that it is recovering, a bit like Destro, the spearhead of the team and a great ex of the match. “It will be a pleasure to see him again, he is not only a high-level footballer but also a very good person – said Garcia. – But they, in addition to Mattia, have Giaccarini, Rizzo, Mounier ... they are doing well but I repeat: we will have to do our race ".
As mentioned above, it is above all the absences that take the stage. The Giallorossi 4-3-3 will see Szczesny in goal, Florenzi, Manolas, Rudiger and Digne in defense, Nainggolan, Vainqueur (favorite over Keita) and Pjanic in midfield, Iturbe, Dzeko and Iago Falque in attack. Mirror form also for Donadoni, who will rely on his usual ductile and elastic 4-3-3: Mirante between the posts, Rossettini, Oikonomou, Gastaldello and Masina in defense, Donsah, Diawara and Brienza in the midfield, Mounier, Destro and Giaccarini in attack . The game, like all games in this round of the championship, will begin with a minute's silence to honor the victims of Paris (the Marseillaise will also be played).
