Rome – Milan, is the show here? Everything would suggest yes, given the tendency of the two teams to look for the goal. However, the points up for grabs are starting to get heavy: the Giallorossi are sixth at an altitude of 29, the Rossoneri are following immediately behind at 27. A defeat would be harmful for both, especially for Milan, who finally see the Europe area at hand. “It will be a difficult game – admitted Massimiliano Allegri -. We go with the idea of winning and taking another step forward in the standings, against one of the best-organized opponents in the league from a tactical point of view. We should face them as equals, while technically a decent performance will suffice. Zeman is one of the best at teaching the offensive phase, I won't find out. But we too are doing well, now we look more like a team and I think we will continue to grow." The match promises to be pretty tough, also because Zeman didn't send them to the entire refereeing system. "I believe that those in charge of organizing the referees see the matches and make decisions based on what they have seen" accused the coach, further setting fire to the eve.
Allegri, on the other hand, prefers to concentrate on the pitch, in particular on Francesco Totti, the true Giallorossi bogeyman. "It seems that he always takes a few years off: he always runs and invents something, players like that are always better not to exist, sportingly speaking". Instead the captain will be there and Milan will have to limit him as much as possible. Then it will be time for holidays and, above all, for the transfer market. “The turning point of everything will be Galliani's trip to Brazil, from there we'll see what will be the best solutions to fix the team – admitted Allegri. – I believe that the player who arrives at Milan will be important, and if he is 99% such, he has already played in the Champions League, so he cannot be deployed from the round of XNUMX ”.
The identikit would seem to lead to Mario Balotelli, were it not for the fact that in the evening Silvio Berlusconi teased the Manchester City bad boy again. “I really like Niang, he looks a bit like Balotelli, but I hope he's better than him on a human level…”. The Rossoneri president then charged up the team, in the hope that his presence (which has become a regular for some time) will continue to bring victories: "I've been called up as always, I'm pleased to be expected, I came here to see if our players are ready". They will have to be if they want to get closer to the Champions League zone, and in this regard Allegri commented on the bitter draw: "There's no reason to be resigned, even if Barcelona are the strongest team in the world, it will certainly be a great challenge". Just like tonight, when Roma and Milan take the field at the Olimpico. There will be no Champions League music, but the show will be one of great European football.
POSSIBLE FORMATIONS
Rome (4-3-3): Goicoechea; Piris, Marquinhos, Burdisso, Balzaretti; Pjanic, De Rossi, Florenzi; Lamela, Osvaldo, Totti.
On the bench: Lobont, Stekelenburg, Taddei, Dodò, Romagnoli, Bradley, Perrotta, Tachtsidis, Destro, Lopez.
Trainer: Zdenek Zeman.
Unavailable: Marquinho.
Disqualified: Guberti (August 2015), Castan (1).
AC Milan (4-3-3): Amelia; De Sciglio, Mexes, Yepes, Constant; Montolivo, Ambrosini, Nocerino; Robinho, Boateng, El Shaarawy.
On the bench: Abbiati, Gabriel, Abate, Zapata, Bonera, Emanuelson, Muntari, Antonini, Flamini, Bojan, Niang, Pazzini.
Trainer: Massimiliano Allegri.
Unavailable: Pato, Traore, Didac Vila, Mesbah, De Jong.
Disqualified: nobody.
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Florence).
Line Assistants: By Liberatore – Cariolato.
Port Assistants: Mazzoleni - Giannoccaro.
Fourth official: Empty.
