Italian Serie A preview: Juventus FC - AS Roma (Part 2)
Team News
Juventus FC
Juve are without a host of players for this fixture. Club favourite Gianluigi Buffon is out until the New Year thus leaving Marco Storari in charge till then. Legrottaglie, Rinaudo, Zdenek Grygera, Paolo De Ceglie, Jorge Martinez and Alexander
Manninger are out with injuries as well. On a positive note, Milos Krasic and Felipe Melo seem to have recovered for the tie. Krasic will be in the starting line up while Melo would start from the bench.
Expected Formation
Luigi Del Neri will line up his troops in an offensive 4-4-2 formation. Alessandro Del Piero and Fabio Quagliarella will lead the line for Bianconeri. Claudio Marchisio and Milos Krasic will line up on the flanks while Alberto Aquilani
will look to outsmart his friend Daniele De Rossi on the pitch. In Melo’s absence, Mohamed Sissoko will start alongside the former Gilarossi favourite. Marco Motta and Fabio Grosso will take the full back positions while Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini
will play in the heart of the defence.
Probable Line up
Marco Storari, Marco Motta, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Grosso, Milos Krasic, Alberto Aquilani, Mohamed Sissoko, Claudio Marchisio, Alessandro Del Piero, Fabio Quagliarella
AS Roma
For Gilarossi, Stefano Okaka Chuka, Juan Rodrigo Taddei, Simone Perrotta and David Pizzaro are unavailable due to injuries.
Expected Formation
Claudio Ranieri is expected to start with an attacking 4-3-1-2 formation. Francesco Totti will start alongside the in-form Mirko Vucinic in attack while Jeremy Menez will play just behind the two. Daniele De Rossi, Fabio Simplicio and
Matteo Brighi will form a talented midfield trio. Philippe Mexes and Nicolas Burdisso will be up against Del Piero and Quagliarella while Marco Cassetti and John Arne Riise will look to contain Milos Krasic and Claudio Marchisio on Juve wings. Julio Sergio
will keep the gloves in goal following his impressive appearances of late.
Probable Line up
Julio Sergio, Marco Cassetti, Nicolas Burdisso, Philippe Mexes, John Arne Riise, Fabio Simplicio, Daniele De Rossi, Matteo Brighi, Alessandro Del Piero, Fabio Quagliarella
Key Players
Mirko Vucinic
The Montenegrin forward has been putting is some truly spectacular performances lately, hence not the least in the Roman derby. Vucinic’s ability to cut in from the left would be a lethal asset since Marco Motta’s defensive ability is
severely dismissive. Vucinic will have Francesco Totti as a partner so one can be sure Vucinic will have plenty of chances to open the scoring.
Alberto Aquilani
Il piccolo coccodrillo will be up against his former side and emotions are sure to run high for the former Roma favourite. Aqua man will have to keep sentiments aside and put in a classic display in the middle of the park. Aquilani’s ability
to spray the ball around will be critical for Juve as he will look to bring the Bianconeri wingers into play.
Prediction
Roma and Juventus both are going strong at the moment and an entertaining affair is at hands. The two giants will look to attack and with neither of the two sides particularly strong at the back. Goals will come a plenty as the two sides
will play an entertaining 2 – 2 draw.
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