After dealing with several absences last night, the situation will be a lot better for Paulo Fonseca against Roma next weekend. For the game after that, the Supercoppa Italiana against Juventus, it could be even better.
The likes of Christian Pulisic, Alvaro Morata and Yunus Musah were missing from the squad yesterday, with Fonseca forced to play Filippo Terracciano in the midfield. It ended up being quite a good move, as Tijjani Reijnders scored the winner from the No.10 position.
As reported by today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), three players will be back from injury for the game against Roma: Ismael Bennacer, Luka Jovic and Pulisic. The former has been out since September, so his return will certainly be a boost.
For the game against Juventus in the Supercoppa Italiana semi-final, Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek should also be back in action. Morata and Lorenzo Torriani only missed yesterday’s game due to fever so they will also be back, having not been injured per se.
Noah Okafor, however, could be out for a little longer and it also remains to be seen what Rafael Leao’s tests will reveal today. He left the pitch with an injury yesterday and Fonseca stated afterwards that it wasn’t anything serious. Hopefully, that is the case.
