Slavia Prague-Roma is a match valid for the fourth day of the Europa League group stage and is played on Thursday at 18:45: TV, lineups, predictions.
This time Slavia Praguewill not be synonymous with elimination as Roma, just by virtue of their success against the Czechs two weeks ago (2-0)has practically put a pass to the Europa League knockout stage in their pockets. Now all that remains to be seen is whether the Giallorossi will pass as first or second: in the latter case, they will be forced to play, as they did last year, in a double play-off to enter the round of 16.
It will therefore be crucial to avoid defeat in Prague against a team that, in spite of the final result (2-0), performed well at the Stadio Olimpico despite ending up down by two goals after a quarter of an hour of play, pierced first by Bove and then by the usual relentlessLukaku The Belgian striker on Sunday immediately redeemed the opaque performance at San Siro against his old team, Inter, by scoring the goal that in the last breath gave Roma three golden points at the end of the challenge with Lecce, which was remounted in full recovery (2-1). “Double” redemption for the former Nerazzurri, who had also missed a penalty kick during the first half of the match with the Salentini. JoséMourinho, protagonist of yet another long-distance spat with Maurizio Sarri ahead of Sunday’s derby, is expected to rotate as many players as possible in the Czech capital so as to have fresh forces in the upcoming extracittadina with the biancocelesti.
Mou wants to secure first place
In the middle of the field, between Bove and Cristante, there will be Paredes, while in goal Svilar will take the place of starter Rui Patricio. In attack, space for the tandem formed by Lukaku and Belotti.
(Trpisovsky, Slavia coach , TheVeggente.it (Ansa)
Slavia Prague, we said, has 6 points, three less than the Giallorossi and in case of a win could again have a say in the first place. In the league, Jindrich Trpisovsky’s team is fresh from a home loss to Viktoria Plzen (1-2) that allowed city rivals Sparta to return to the top of the standings. The coach of the Red and White seems inclined to confirm the same eleven that took the field 15 days ago at the Stadio Olimpico.
The prediction
The derby and the qualification already mortgaged could be sources of distraction for a Roma still too “unstable” and moody. Without considering that Slavia Prague in front of their own public will surely have an extra gear:a draw is not to be excluded
The probable lineups of Slavia Prague-Roma
SLAVIA PRAGUE (3-5-2):Mandous; Holes, Ogbu, Vlcek; Tomic, Dorley, Wallem, Zafeiris, Provod; Chytil, van Buren.
ROMA (3-5-2):Svilar; Mancini, Llorente, N’Dicka; Celik, Cristante, Paredes, Bove, Zalewski; Belotti, Lukaku.
