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Fonseca promises changes ahead of his away trip to Young Boys with Milan looming on Monday

Some of the hardest games to predict in a starting XI are the Europa League group stage matches This is European football, but not on the same level as the Champions League, so you can never be sure how strong a manager’s lineup is. Italian sides in particular are notorious for not taking the Europa League as seriously as they probably should – which we hope Roma will not do

Whatever your opinion of how Roma should approach their first round trip to Bern, the fact that Roma have seven matches by November 8 should condition Fonseca’s selection decisions in the affairs of Europa League midweek to come And given Roma’s trip to San Siro to face top Milan on Monday, this game looks like a perfect candidate for some turnover.

In fact, Fonseca has confirmed that we will indeed see revenue for this one « We will probably see more than five or six changes. It’s important to keep the team running for now »

Here are the players on the road for the opening of the group stage of the Europa League on Thursday against Young Boys # ASRoma #UEL #YBRoma picTwittercom / 7ezkhbjVri

As Sean and I speculated on the last episode of Across the Romaverse, this could be a situation where Pau Lopez finally returns in the starting XI But, with the way Antonio Mirante played, how can Fonseca not play him? That’s why I’m waiting to see the Italian between the sticks

Ahead of whoever starts in goal Roma will miss a few key pieces Chris Smalling stays on the sidelines with a minor knee issue, while Gianluca Mancini is suspended for it after his red card against Sevilla in August With this pair I expect to see Fonseca leave with a four-man backline centered by Roger Ibañez and Max Kumbulla Meanwhile, with Riccardo Calafiori unable to play after his Covid diagnosis, Leonardo Spinazzola should consider another start on the back left Finally, I see Bruno Peres spell Davide Santon on the right

With Fonseca coming back to 4-2-3-1 for this one, Roma will deploy a double pivot As Amadou Diawara also recovers from Covid and Jordan Veret, while looking a bit tired at times on Sunday, I give Bryan Cristante and Gonzalo Villar to start Cristante played well on Sunday so Fonseca might as well turn up a warm hand Meanwhile, it’s a perfect match to give members of the young Spanish contingent from Roma, like Villar, some playing time

In the future I would expect at least one of Pedro or Henrikh Mkhitaryan to rest I would expect Carles Perez to start in the attacking midfield trio with Lorenzo Pellegrini and most likely Mkhitaryan Even if this seems like a great chance to rest Edin Dzeko I would expect the Bosnian to start after Sunday’s brace However, keep an eye out for Borja Mayoral, as there is a possibility that he could receive the call on the wing or the attacker to spell Mkhi or Dzeko

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