Serie A Preview: Inter Milan vs. A.S Roma
Inter Milan will host A.S Roma in a Serie A encounter at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on September, 17th, 2011 at 19:45.
The game holds immense importance for the two teams as they both lost their opening league games last weekend. Inter lost 4-3 to Palermo on the road while Roma lost 2-1 to Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico Rome.
Both teams had new managers installed during the summer transfer window and neither of them have had best of the times. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Trabzonspor-c40759 at home few days
back. On the other hand, the Giallorossi were knocked out of the UEFA Europa League as they lost in the preliminary round of the competition to Slovan Bratislava last month.
Inter Milan
Several rumours are circulating regarding the future of manager, Gian Piero Gasperini, and reports suggest that it might be his final game for the club if they lose. The manager has been heavily criticized for his 3-4-3 formation
and he is expected to revert to more conventional 4-3-3 setup.
Inter have had the better of Roma in the previous five matches between the two sides and have won four of them.
A.S Roma
Roma are undergoing a huge structural change at the club and have signed several new players during the summer. Several pundits have also called for the sacking of Giallorossi manager, Luis Enrique, who has had a terrible start
to his Roma project.
The Roman club is desperately in search of a moral boosting win and skipper, Francesco Totti, believes that they cannot get a better occasion than this to get on the right track.
Team News
Inter Milan
The Nerazzurri will welcome their new signing, Diego Forlan, who missed the UEFA Champions League game against Trabzonspor after being cup tied for the clash. There are no fresh injury concerns for Gasperini’s side apart from long
term absentees http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 playing in the attacking midfield role.
Expected line-up: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993, Nagatomo, Stankovic, Zarate, Sneijder, Milito, Forlan
A.S Roma
The visitors will be without the services of new signing, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Erik-Lamela-c12758, who has still not recovered from the injury picked up during the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Other new summer signing, Jose Angel, is missing for the game, as he is
serving a ban for the red card picked up against Cagliari last week. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Osvaldo-c28996 are likely to occupy the striking role alongside Totti.
Expected line-up: Stekelenburg; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Osvaldo-c28821, Bojan Krkić.
Players to Watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Milito-c11166
The goal-scoring burden will shift on his shoulders after the departure of Samuel Eto’o to Anzhi Makhachkala during the summer. The Argentinean scored a brace in the defeat to Palermo last week and formed a good understanding with
Forlan. The former Genoa star has returned to full fitness after missing a handful of matches in the last campaign and is raring to get back to his playing best this season.
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The veteran star must step up and take the responsibility to take his club out of the barren run. The skipper has hurt the former Italian Champions on many occasions in the past and his performance at San Siro might result in the
revival of his team.
Prediction
The Nerazzurri are playing at their home but they have always found http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 as one of their toughest opponents. Roma are likely to clinch a hard fought win against a struggling Nerazzurri side.
Verdict: 1-2
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