Before the game with Juventus, Drinel was about to turn white.

Del Vecchio was injured, Cassano and Mancini both accumulated two yellow cards and were suspended, and the game has not yet started, and the team has been missing three big players.

If you play with an ordinary team, it doesn't matter if there are three less, the key opponent is Juventus, the strongest team this season, Juventus is four points ahead of AC Milan in the league and ranks first, and almost all of them are swept in the league.

In the last leg, at Juventus' home stadium, Roma lost three goals cleanly, and this time back at the Stadio Olimpic, Roma looked more difficult, especially after the game against Juventus, which is the second leg against Manchester United, and Drinel still needs to consider this.

In the end, Drinel chose to forfeit the game.

The game with Juventus is just a league, after all, it is not as important as the Champions League, not to mention, the team's current situation is too difficult to beat Juventus, if you insist on playing with all your might, it is unknown whether you can win, but the chance of the game with Manchester United is not much, mainly because the two games are too close and there is only three days between them, and it is difficult for the players who started to recover.

Before the start of the game, there were still a lot of media reports on the game, after all, Roma is very strong in the league, and it is also very good in the Champions League, although there are various problems in the team, but obviously no team dares to underestimate Roma.

For the media, it was naturally difficult to find some to match the game, and the Roma media described the game as a 'revenge fight' because they lost the last time they met, and returning to the Olympic Stadium was naturally a revenge fight.

There are even Roman media who call the game the Italian Civil War, and it is estimated that the media in other regions will not recognize it, after all, it is difficult for Rome to represent the South. It can only represent the lower capital, and Juventus cannot represent the north, and AC Milan fans will definitely not recognize it.

In short, all sorts of hoops were thrown out.

But when the game started, when they saw Roma's starting lineup, all the media were disappointed, because Roma did not send the strongest lineup at all. Totti's absence from the pitch is a complete testament to that.

Fortunately, Zhang Tiehan is still on the field, and the fans who came to watch the game also have the hope of seeing a wonderful game.

But there is only one Zhang Tiehan...... Judging from the situation, it is really not very useful.

Zhang Tiehan is a striker, a player who is very biased towards the front, he can't suppress Juventus by himself, and the Roma midfield is all composed of substitutes and young players, the only one who is somewhat famous is De Rossi, but compared to Juventus's luxurious lineup, a De Rossi is really difficult to hold up.

But relatively speaking. Juventus did not send all the main players, Nedved, Emerson, Ibrahimovic did not appear in the starting lineup, the back of the main force is the main force, but Cannavaro's temporary absence has also lowered this backline a notch.

Both teams had a good understanding and sent a semi-bench lineup.

Capello and Drinel smiled at each other after the players came on the pitch, and it was clear that neither of them wanted to drag on until the Champions League knockout rounds a few days later because of a domestic league game.

But even Juventus' semi-bench lineup is quite strong. In terms of midfield, Camoranesi and Vieira are both quite past-a-lifetime. Even the midfield substitute Blasi is much stronger than Roma's weak midfielder.

Needless to say, the backfield of both teams.

Mexes was suspended, Ferrari was unavailable, Roma had almost no one available at the back, and the only one who could sustain the pitch was Zivo, who was also a full-back. And not a central defender.

Perhaps the only one to praise Roma is Zhang Tiehan, although the combination of Juventus's forward line, Trezeguet and Piero is also quite good, but Zhang Tiehan stands there, and no one thinks that Juventus' forward line is strong. In particular, Ibrahimovic is the only one who can be compared with Zhang Tiehan, and has not yet played.

In such a contrast, the match between the two teams began.

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'Neither team sent a main squad in this game, the absence of Totti on the Roma side will have a big impact on them, Juventus, Ibrahimovic and Nedved are not in the starting position, Nedved can't even find a bench, obviously Capello wants the big man to rest and prepare for the next Champions League."

"This is the Stadio Olimpico in Rome."

"The match between Roma and Juventus has begun, and judging from the field, both teams are not in a hurry to attack, and they have to test each other for a while."

"In Roma's squad, Juventus is only afraid of the front line, Zhang has scored 30 goals in the league and 11 goals in the Champions League so far, and his efficiency is really frightening."

"However, in this game, many of Roma's main players did not play, in this case, it is difficult to say what Zhang can do, after all, Zhang is the kind of striker who needs the support of his teammates."

"Juventus' semi-bench squad is much better than Roma......"

"As a joke, if Roma don't have Zhang in the squad, then it's not an exaggeration to call them Serie B teams, and Juventus, even if it's a semi-substitute lineup, still has the top quality in Serie A."

The commentator said the lineup of the two teams, and it can be seen from his words that he is more optimistic about Juventus, and the Roma fans must be very unhappy when they hear it, but it is undeniable that the above is true, and the current starting lineup of Roma is really not good.

The comparison of the strength of the two teams was also reflected in the game.

Juventus suppressed Roma at the start of the game.

Juventus' midfield is quite strong, and Roma does not have an advantage at all in fighting for the initiative with Juventus, and soon a situation was formed in which Juventus continued to attack, while Roma could only play counter-attacks.

The situation is quite passive.

Roma can only rely on constant defending, looking for opportunities to try to counter-attack once or twice, and most of the time they can only defend at the back.

This left Roma fans a little dissatisfied.

Speaking of league opponents, Roma's biggest enemy now is not Lazio, but Juventus, and the reason is that Juventus' coach is Capello.

Back last year, also this month, Roma and Juventus really had a battle for the top spot, when Roma was second in the league and Juventus was first in the league.

Fabio Capello was Roma manager at the time.

Before the game, Capello publicly stated on Italian television, "I will never coach Juventus. ”

Capello and Lippi have long been considered the winning generals in Apennine football, because Lippi is likely to take over the Italian national team in the summer, and the club is in the midst of an economic crisis at that time, so some media boldly speculated: Capello will be at the helm of the Bianconeri.

'I decided not to join the Bianconeri,' Capello confirmed at the time, 'it's an attitude to life. I don't think it's challenging to coach Juventus, I just do what I find interesting. ”

While closing the door on his own trip to Juventus, Capello also complimented his opponents.

"Juventus are in solid form and Roma have to be at their best to get points against the Bianconeri. Lippi's side play clean and crisp football, and they can have an imaginative ensemble to score your goal with a few passes. We're going to try to stop them from playing that rhythm, and that's going to be difficult. ”

Capello was a complete Roman at the time.

The Roma club is experiencing financial problems, and Capello claims to be determined not to go to Juventus, and the relationship with various players is very good, he and Totti are known as "father and son" in the media, which shows how close the relationship between Capello and Roma is.

But three months later, Juventus' official website announced that Capello would coach Juventus for the next three seasons, and also announced Capello's contract with Juventus, which ended in June 2007 with an annual salary of 3 million euros.

This news was the most explosive news in Europe at the time, because Capello and Juventus had a relationship that was definitely not good, although Capello had played at Juventus during the playing stage, Capello had never had a good impression of Juventus before, and he once called "Juventus people a bunch of 'Jesuits' (cunning people)".

In addition, Capello signed Juventus with an annual salary of only 3 million euros, excluding additional clauses, this salary is still 1 million less than Cooper's annual salary for Inter Milan, and even less than his annual salary for Roma.

Capello's defection made Roma and Juventus immediately mortal enemies!

Capello not only defected, he also took away Roma's outstanding players at the time, Zebina and Emerson, Juventus almost hollowed out Rome, and now the reason for many young players in the Roma squad is the same, once there were big players in the Roma team, but now they can only enrich the squad with young players.

In two seasons, the gap has become so big.

So Capello is a person hated by Roma fans, and now Juventus is challenging Roma away, and the team is actually being pressed by Juventus, and the chances of fighting back are very small, and Roma fans are even more dissatisfied.

They kept shouting 'boos' from the stands, and at the same time, there were fans who kept scolding Capello.

This is Capello's first return to the Stadio Olimpico since defecting to Juventus, and he knows he will not be welcomed, and he is calm in the face of the situation.

Importantly, Juventus suppressed Roma.

As the Sky Sports Italia commentator said, "No matter how much the fans hate Capello, the gap between the two teams is too big, even if they are at home, it is difficult for them to have any chances." ”

The Torino commentator even said, "It's a game without suspense." (To be continued......)