Gian Piero Gasperini expects a ‘hard-fought’ match for Roma away to Jamie Vardy’s Cremonese this afternoon, warning they need to ‘get our heads into Serie A mode and do it rapidly.’
It kicks off on the Stadio Giovanni Zini at 14.00 GMT.
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ROME, ITALY – NOVEMBER 09: Zeki Celik of AS Roma celebrates scoring his crew’s second aim with teammates in the course of the Serie A match between AS Roma and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on November 09, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Pictures)
The Giallorossi went into this weekend as joint leaders with Inter, however as Napoli gained yesterday in opposition to Atalanta, it places the strain again on for high spot.
Gasperini sees robust check for Roma
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 06: Gian Piero Gasperini, Head Coach of AS Roma, aggressively reacts in the course of the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Part MD4 match between Rangers FC and AS Roma at Ibrox Stadium on November 06, 2025 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photograph by Ian MacNicol/Getty Pictures)
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“Like all video games in Serie A, that is going to be troublesome. Cremonese have enthusiasm, high quality that they’ve proven within the early weeks of the season, so it’s going to be hard-fought,”
Roma have misplaced each their Serie A matches straight after the break for worldwide responsibility, so are they involved going into this weekend?
“They have been two very completely different video games. We definitely had difficulties in opposition to Torino, whereas I really feel we performed very properly in opposition to Inter. It’s a downside for all golf equipment who’ve plenty of gamers away on worldwide responsibility, we’ve received to get our heads into Serie A mode and do it rapidly.”
PISA, ITALY – AUGUST 30: Tommaso Baldanzi of AS Roma appears to be like on in the course of the Serie A match between Pisa SC and AS Roma at Area Garibaldi on August 30, 2025 in Pisa, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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Accidents proceed to pile up for Paulo Dybala, Artem Dovbyk, Leon Bailey, Angelino and Mario Hermoso, with Evan Ferguson not at 100 per cent both.
, with uncommon begins for Tommaso Baldanzi and Jan Ziolkowski, however nonetheless no place for Kostas Tsimikas, preferring to maneuver Wesley to the opposite facet as a substitute.
“It’s a little bit of the whole lot main me to this resolution. Baldanzi has carried out very properly in that function in coaching, Ferguson simply returned from harm, so we’ll see what choices are finest over the course of the 90 minutes,” concluded Gasperini.