“The good news is that Matias Soulé has recovered and trained with the squad. He’s been out for a long time, but over the last week he started to look like himself again. Wesley and Koné clearly are not ready tomorrow, but they are both feeling more positive than after the initial diagnosis.
“Without Wesley, either Devyne Rensch or Kostas Tsimikas can play there. Angelino is also improving, although he is still not entirely ready after such a long period out of action.”
Those were the injury updates
provided by Gian Piero Gasperini during his pre-match press conference on Saturday before Roma travels to the San Siro to face league leaders Inter on Easter Sunday.
In addition to those two major absences, Roma will continue to be without Paulo Dybala, Artem Dovbyk, and Evan Ferguson.
With the players available to Gasperini, there’s no question about who will lead the line. It will undoubtedly be Donyell Malen. One of the two attacking midfielders trying to provide him with service will be Lorenzo Pellegrini. However, the biggest question in the lineup concerns who plays an advanced midfield role alongside Pellegrini. This decision could have a domino effect on other positions in the eleven.
If Soulé is able to go from the opening whistle, then it’s likely we’ll see a central midfield pairing of Bryan Cristante and Niccoló Pisilli. If Soulé doesn’t start, then it might be Pisilli or Vaz playing in support of Malen. If it ends up being Pisilli, it creates an opening for El Aynaoui alongside Cristante.
Meanwhile, we tend to lean toward Devyne Rensch playing on the left side of midfield in place of the injured Wesley. Zeki Çelik will take up his usual place on the right. In defense, it appears as if Mario Hermoso has the leg up on Daniele Ghilardi to complete the back three with Gianluca Mancini and Evan Ndicka.
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso; Çelik, Cristante, Pisilli, Rensch; Soulé, Pellegrini; Malen
