With the defeats of Napoli and Juventus, Sunday evening’s match against Cremonese is extremely important for Roma.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s team can move 4 points ahead of Juventus in fifth place and catch up with Antonio Conte in third place by beating the Grigiorossi at the Olimpico.
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🔄 Roma changes: Hermoso out, Ghilardi plays
Roma has announced through its official channels a change in the starting lineup.
Mario Hermoso, who was supposed to make his first start after injury today, will not be in the starting eleven as indicated on the team sheet due to a problem during warm-up. In his place, Ghilardi will play again.
🔥 Ranieri: "Of course we want the Champions League"
Roma director Claudio Ranieri spoke to DAZN before the match.
"Champions League? Well, the important thing is to make things clear. Last year I got 46 points in the second half of the season and finished one point away from the Champions League. It seemed logical not to put too much expectation on the new coach coming in. But obviously, we all want to go to the Champions League, the Friedkins want to win the championship.
Malen arrives at the right time in the right place, with the right coach. But it’s also true that there’s a big difference between the Premier League and our league. In the Premier League, because of the money, they buy very young players for 50-60 million and you can’t compete.
In the Premier League he played and didn’t play, came in and out, and didn’t find the spark that he’s now finding here in the Italian league. We’re holding on tight to Malen because he’s doing really well and we really hope he continues on this path."
✅ The official lineups
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, N’Dicka, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante (C), Koné, Wesley; Zaragoza, Pellegrini; Malen.
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Audero; Folino, Luperto, Terracciano; Zerbin, Maleh, Payero, Thorsby, Pezzella; Bonazzoli, Sanabria.
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