Serie A: Atalanta-Roma 0-0 on the pitch LIVE
Gasperini’s choices: Scamacca at the center of the attack, Koopmeiners and De Ketelaere in support. Ederson and Pasalic in midfield, De Roon climbs in defence. On the right, space for Hateboer.
De Rossi’s choices: Lukaku leads the attack, Baldanzi and El Shaarawy at his sides. Paredes in front of the defense, Kristensen and Angelino the full-backs. Dybala out, Abraham starts from the bench.
Formations
ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Carnesecchi – De Roon, Hien, Djimsiti – Hateboer, Ederson, Pasalic, Ruggeri – Koopmeiners, De Ketelaere – Scamacca.
Bench: Musso, Rossi, Palestra, Bonfanti, Comi, Scalvini, Lookman, Toloi, Bakker, Adopo, Miranchuk, Touré, Zappacosta.
ROMA (4-3-3): Svilar – Kristensen, Mancini, Ndicka, Angelino – Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini – Baldanzi, Lukaku, El Shaarawy.
Panchina: Rui Patrick, Smalling, Karsdorp, Boer, Aouar, Zalewski, Huijsen, Bove, Llorente, Joao Costa, Celik, Pisilli, Azmoun, Abraham
Eve. Atalanta aims to overtake Roma for the Champions League
Atalanta, having reached the Europa League final after having done so with the Italian Cup, hosts Roma on Sunday evening with the precise aim of separating them from the championship in the race for the last place available for the next Champions League. The only news, to be confirmed on Sunday lunchtime once finishing is complete, could at most be the recovery of Rafael Toloi, the former player on duty on the home front together with Scamacca, the center forward who moved from Trigoria to PSV Eindhoven at the age of sixteen. Fifth at 60 together with the Giallorossi, the Bergamo players are experiencing days of pure enthusiasm, although still without Holm and Kolasinac, the second of whom is unlikely to be fit for the assault on the national trophy on Wednesday 15th against Juventus. Three points, at this end of the season, would be a considerable advantage, being able to count on the recovery against Fiorentina on 2 June once Serie A is over.
Coach Gian Piero Gasperini, faced with such a busy calendar, can only opt for a targeted turnover with a view to reducing the playing time for his team’s key players to a minimum. But it will be a targeted change, as the appointment is too important to risk upsetting the balance between the departments. Compared to the Europa League semi-final against Marseille, despite the probable four-man defense of the hosts, the three-pronged formula should be confirmed, sparing Koopmeiners, fresh from a match as a full-time midfielder, alongside Scamacca with the reserve Miranchuk instead of Lookman and a De Ketelaere with only an hour of play left in his legs on Thursday evening. Cup goalkeeper Musso once again gives way to Carnesecchi, while in defense the only alternative to Scalvini-Hien-Djimsiti can be De Roon, recyclable in the trio as against the French but also in need of rest. On the flanks the Nerazzurri coach will propose Hateboer and Zappacosta to give Ruggeri a break, because on the left Bakker does not represent a guarantee. In the middle, from the ballots, excluding Adopo, Ederson and Pasalic emerge as sure winners. Obviously the distribution of minutes will take into account the progress of the match and the result. Certainly not the warnings of Djimsiti, Koopmeiners and Lookman, given that only the former is expected to play and the next round of the championship in Lecce, against an almost safe team, will certainly not be highly difficult. The race plan, just like with the Marseille team, will be oriented towards starting at full speed in order to move forward immediately and manage, with a view to saving energy, with the first of two finals upon us.
Eve. Roma in Bergamo for the Champions League, De Rossi ‘crucial’
Daniele De Rossi has been repeating it for days, publicly and privately to the team: the match against Atalanta will be a final. A real play-off for the Champions League because the two teams are tied on 60 points and in fifth place, but with the Bergamo team recovering the match against Fiorentina only once the championship is over (on 2 June). This is why it becomes essential for the Giallorossi to win in Bergamo. But it will also be necessary to deal with the waste of elimination in Europe which has not yet been disposed of. “We will have to be good at letting them slide on us – said De Rossi on the eve -. Of course the players are not happy, I see them distraught, they played well but we had many episodes such as Spinazzola’s injury which changed the match plan” . In the meantime, tests have highlighted a right flexor injury for the winger and the season could have ended here. In the best case scenario he will return for the final match of the championship against Empoli, but within that match Roma need to score six points so as not to undermine the Champions League run made under De Rossi’s management. “The boys are still calm and have faith in the future”, explained the Roma coach who defines the match against Atalanta as “decisive”.
“But it will be like all the direct clashes at the end of the championship – he specified -. Even more so because they have one game less and they will make up for it when the heads of the Fiorentina players are elsewhere. If not Should we win, we will have other opportunities because the championship doesn’t end on Sunday, but Bergamo is certainly a crucial turning point.” It is therefore impossible to think about turnover even though some changes will be necessary due to the tiredness of many players after Thursday evening. “I have two or three doubts due to the athletic condition of the team, but I’m still thinking about it”, replies De Rossi to those who ask about the new lineup. The attack could be the one seen in the first minutes in Germany with Azmoun alongside Lukaku because Dybala trained as a group both yesterday and today, but he still doesn’t have a full hour in his legs. Extraordinary players will be asked for instead in the middle of the field with Cristante, Paredes and Pellegrini, while on the flanks Angelino will take the place of Spinazzola, while Kristensen will take the place of Celik or Karsdorp. But regardless of the performers, De Rossi asks for a test of strength, especially mental, although the enthusiasm cannot be the same as Atalanta, who reached the Europa League final.
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