Roma - Sevilla 0-0, the draw and Belenenses.

The match. In the first half, the starters of Roma was: Fuzato; Reynolds, Ibanez, Kumbulla, Calafiori; Bove, Darboe; Carles Perez, Mkhi, El Sha; Borja Mayoral. Despite many young players, Roma held their own against Sevilla and also had a couple of excellent chances. In the second half, there was not much difference in our quality. although the more experienced entered (Pellegrini, Zaniolo, Mancini, Diawara and Dzeko). The impression is that Roma are a good team overall in the squad, but there is no champion for the leap in quality.

In this respect, there are several players who can aspire to this role (Zaniolo in the first place, Pellegrini, Mancini, Smalling, Diawara, Veretout, Karsdorp and Dzeko), when they have the right physical strength, they will be able to demonstrate it. It will then be Mourinho's task to understand who can give the best performance in a bouquet of many players.

Today we will welcome Cristante back from vacation after the victory in the European Championship and Shomurodov, Uzbek, ex-Genoa, hero at home. Probably Eldor can also be deployed as a side attacker, then it's up to Mourinho to decide how to use him.

The Conference League draw was bad. In fact, in the playoffs we will face the winner of Trabzonspor-Molde and, although the Turks have Gervinho and Bruno Peres, I am also worried about the Norwegians, traditionally winning team in their country and which reached the last 16 in the last EL, also eliminating Hoffenheim.

The Belenenses' logo

On Wednesday we will face Belenenses, club of Primeira Liga, who finished tenth last year. The match is scheduled at 11 local time (12 Italian) and will be broadcast by ROMA TV and perhaps SKY. Given that the level is that of most of the Conference League teams, Roma could field an initial formation similar to the match with Sevilla, just to try a heavy turnover between Europe and Serie A. The important thing is not to underestimate the commitment, but do our best to bring home the victory. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi

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