Roma Go All Out at the Olimpico / Real Madrid Threatened by a Fearsome Pair!

A draw at Como with one man fewer cemented the capital club's good run. Roma face Real Madrid with everything they have tonight.

According to "Verzeh Se", Gasperini works with a more pragmatic approach. Perhaps the bitter experience of the past in a big club (which lasted only five games at Inter in 2011), prompted John Piero Gasperini to moderate his ultra-aggressive style in Rome. The individual coverage across the field and the plan to keep the ball in the opponent's half is still there, but not with the extreme intensity of the Atalanta era.

This approach has also had positive results: in his first season, he managed to lead Roma to the third place and returned the team to the Champions League after the 2018-19 season. His brilliant achievements even made the owners of the club to support him in confrontation with Claudio Ranieri and the former head coach of Leicester City stepped down from the role of special advisor.

This pragmatic view was evident in the tie against Como; Where, after Daniel Mullen was sent off, Gasperini pulled the team back and spent much of the second half defending in a tighter formation than usual.

Having scored 20 goals in 24 Serie A games since joining from Aston Villa last winter, the Dutch striker has become Real Madrid's main attacking threat alongside Paulo Dybala. His characteristics as a former winger make it difficult to associate with him; A dynamic, direct, deep and fast player who has dazzled the eyes with brilliant statistics.

Gasperini's stable 1-2-4-3 system is highly dynamic thanks to the running central defenders. The recruitment of Nahuel Molina in the right wingback position caused the transfer of Brazilian Wesley to the left wing. With all four full-backs of the team being right-footed, Roma has remained unbeaten in seven official games of the season. After keeping the tick, Maarten de Ron was brought in to strengthen the midfield to help out in the absence of the injured Bryan Cristante, although the injury to Mile Swilar is a bigger challenge in goal.

In the meantime, Rodrigo Mora, the 19-year-old Portuguese phenomenon who came from Porto for 25 million euros, after sitting on the bench against Inter and Como, has not yet gotten the necessary minutes, but Gasp is relieved that he will face the superpower of European football tonight with his brilliant couple and will also think about winning.