Roma North American Tour

Roma squad for USA and Canada tour:

Balzaretti, Benatia, Bradley, Burdisso, Caprari, Castan, Crescenzi, De Rossi, De Sanctis, Dodo, Florenzi, Jedvaj, Lamela, Lobont, Maicon, Marquinho, Osvaldo, Pjanic, Ricci, Romagnoli, Skorupski, Strootman, Taddei, Tallo, Torosidis, Totti, Verre


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Looking forward to seeing these guys in action, a lot of new faces compared to last year's tour: De Rossi, Balzaretti, some younger players and the new acquisitions obviously.

A strong squad for these friendlies. The MLS all stars are probably going to provide the sternest test, if I'm honest. They take the All-star game quite seriously and have a good record as well.

Mourinho's Chelsea in Washington will be a good one as well.

Damn, I cannot go. They are 12 hour drive away from me, i'd love to go but I have to work.. : (

Is Anyone going? Mclewis, Pupone?

Going to Toronto. I will cry myself to sleep if we don't win.

JAY-Z wrote:Damn, I cannot go. They are 12 hour drive away from me, i'd love to go but I have to work.. : (

Is Anyone going? Mclewis, Pupone?

Same here, brah.

Kansas City was really the only doable one, but it fell in the wrong summer unfortunately.....again.

 Ticket √
New jersey -working on it , takes long from store  

Boriello not on that list. So he will be sold.

flameas wrote:Boriello  not on that list. So he will be sold.

Yup. Actually I'd be overjoyed if he was sold, I'd be content with simply giving him away for free.

Keep your eyes out for Jedvaj and Lamela tonight. The former may be starting at RB in the absence of Maicon, while the Argentinian may start as our CF where he has trained this week and given that Osvaldo might miss out.

If Di Vaio or Bernier score tonight, I'm giving them shit next time I see them.

Probable formation after this morning's training session:

De Sanctis; Torosidis, Benatia, Castan, Balzaretti; Bradley, De Rossi, Strootman; Lamela, Pjanic, Totti.

I have a little trouble envisioning Pjanic's position with this set up.

This was found in the Roma dressing room

Spoiler:

Totti ripped it apart

ErPupone wrote:Probable formation after this morning's training session:

De Sanctis; Torosidis, Benatia, Castan, Balzaretti; Bradley, De Rossi, Strootman; Lamela, Pjanic, Totti.

I have a little trouble envisioning Pjanic's position with this set up.

Dear god I hope that lineup works, can you imagine the shut down midfield that could produce while still producing a lot of fireworks. Best midfield in Serie A by far.

Problem with that is lack of speed at CB and the fact that Lamela can't possibly be flanked by Pjanic and Totti. That midfield should be good to watch though.

My wish granted at the expense of Strootman...

MLS ALL-STARS (4-3-1-2): Fernández, Beltran, Gonzalez, Collin, Ashe; Johnson, Beckerman, Davis; Zusi; Henry (C), Di Vaio.

Bench: Rimando, Besler, Yedlin, Bernier, Donovan, Magee, Wondolowski, Sanvezzo, McInerney.
Coach: Peter Vermes.


ROMA (4-3-3): Lobonț, Torosidis, Benatia, Castán, Balzaretti; Pjanić, De Rossi, Bradley; Caprari, Totti (C), Lamela.

Bench: Skorupski, De Sanctis, Burdisso, Romagnoli, Crescenzi, Dodô, Maicon, Jedvaj, Taddei, Florenzi, Strootman, Marquinho, Verre, Ricci F., Osvaldo, Tallo.
Coach: Rudi Garcia.

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Suprised to see Lobont start, I thought De Sanctis was going to get his first start. Strootman dropped for Caprari, but at least we'll have some speed up front.

ErPupone wrote:Problem with that is lack of speed at CB and the fact that Lamela can't possibly be flanked by Pjanic and Totti. That midfield should be good to watch though.

Nice to try it out in the pre-season though, because if it's like last year the MLS will actually given us a pretty good go of it. I hope it works out personally, because I think it would help us out defensively with such a stud midfield clogging up the middle of the pitch.

ErPupone wrote:My wish granted at the expense of Strootman...

MLS ALL-STARS (4-3-1-2): Fernández, Beltran, Gonzalez, Collin, Ashe; Johnson, Beckerman, Davis; Zusi; Henry (C), Di Vaio.

Bench: Rimando, Besler, Yedlin, Bernier, Donovan, Magee, Wondolowski, Sanvezzo, McInerney.
Coach: Peter Vermes.


ROMA (4-3-3): Lobonț, Torosidis, Benatia, Castán, Balzaretti; Pjanić, De Rossi, Bradley; Caprari, Totti (C), Lamela.

Bench: Skorupski, De Sanctis, Burdisso, Romagnoli, Crescenzi, Dodô, Maicon, Jedvaj, Taddei, Florenzi, Strootman, Marquinho, Verre, Ricci F., Osvaldo, Tallo.
Coach: Rudi Garcia.

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Suprised to see Lobont start, I thought De Sanctis was going to get his first start. Strootman dropped for Caprari, but at least we'll have some speed up front.

Is Mike Magee injured? Dude is leading the race for the MLS MVP and doesn't get the start  

Fact. DeAndre Yedlin was born after Totti's first game for the AS Roma senior side  

Henry and Totti on the same pitch

open the chat please its game time , where is mclewis when u need him

 that Totti pass

Thoughts so far:

Strootman and Bradley looking like a pretty good pairing. Almost looks like they've been playing together for years, great sign heading into the season. Strootman is ridiculously fast, and Bradley is the steel and calm in the midfield.

Totti  

they couldn't really test Roma yet , di vaio isnt good at all

Totti save some moves for Wednesday!

Benatia looked good Strootman looked good heck even De Sanctis was good.

Hopefully more of the same in the second half.

On a side note di vaio was a Roma killer a couple seasons ago. I remember a couple of big late goals against us he scored.

He was a top 10 guy in Italy when he left all he needs is a chance benatia looks like a classic out there.