We start again from 72. Today at the Blueenergy Stadium we will see the shortest match of the year, as the Corriere dello Sport headlines. After just over ten days it resumes for the last twenty minutes challenge between Udinese and Roma: interrupted around the 71st minute due to Evan Ndicka’s illness on the pitch, an affair which fortunately ended with the Giallorossi defender smiling.
20 minutes for the Champions League | Azmoun is ready to start
After the defeat against Bologna 1-3, De Rossi and his team must take a step forward so as not to completely close the question of fourth place. Because even with five places available for access to the next Champions League, Roma must watch their backs, trying to go as far forward as possible. With the Bologna escaped at +7, behind the Giallorossi they are pawing theAtalantafresh from qualifying for the Italian Cup final, and the Lazio, who as a third wheel, prefers to remain with the lights off for now. Today’s segment is one that can leave its mark. Because winning would mean returning to +4 up Gasperini (who will then recover the match with the Florentine) and push the Biancocelesti’s ambitions away to +6. To make today’s epilogue even stranger is the change on the bench ofUdinese: Fabio Cannavaro will make his debut on the Juventus bench in today’s match, as in a 20-minute training match, where however he will find precious points to avoid relegation.
For the training, Daniele De Rossi will certainly not be able to field the players who have already been replaced in the 71 minutes already played: Aouar and Huijsen. Svilar is very confirmed in goal, in front of him the central defense pair should be made up of Mancini and Llorente, with the run-off between Karsdorp and Celik on the right and Angelino on the left. In midfield, space for the starters: Cristante, Paredes and Pellegrini. Finally, the attacking trident should be without Lukaku, who came off injured in the first half against Milan due to a muscle problem, with Azmoun in his place ahead of Abraham. Finally, Dybala on the right and El Shaarawy on the left complete the trident.
DDR pushes for Burdisso’s return to Rome, from DS | Do you renew in Trigoria?
In Trigoria, however, we don’t just think about the pitch: we have our eyes on the future. The DS is still missing, but the technician has already communicated the priorities. The Giallorossi club is looking for a sporting director after the departure of Tiago Pinto and this choice could also be shared with the technician Daniele De Rossi. However, the last word will be the CEO’s Lina Souloukou. Friedkin’s confirmation of Daniele De Rossi last week gave the first impulses to the Giallorossi transfer market. For months, as he writes Tuttosportthere is the vacant seat of the sporting director: the name of Nicolas Burdisso, in force in the management of Fiorentina and very close to the coach from Ostia, is taken up: certainly he will leave Fiorentina at the end of this season. The former Inter and Roma defender has decided to distance himself from the current Viola management for a role of greater responsibility elsewhere. For months Burdisso has been testing the waters to understand where he can continue his career as a manager and in recent weeks he has found fertile ground near Trigoria where, since mid-January, his great friend Daniele De Rossi has had a “home”. Also remaining in the running are Francois Modesto (who has already worked with CEO Lina Souloukou at Olympiakos) and the internal solution Josè Fontes, observer under the guidance of Tiago Pinto. The coach’s opinion is clear, now the ball is up to the owners.
Even regarding renewals, Roma tries to move to protect its best players: first of all the jewel Paulo Dybalain expires June 2025. There is a desire to extend the relationship for at least another year. The draft agreement could be set to 6/6.5 million as a fixed base plus others 1/1.5 bonus linked to personal goals. An offer for Leonardo is also possible Spinazzola which however he should accept a biennial at lower figures compared to those currently earned.
