Roma have Wojciech Szczesny on the bench, but start Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Juan Iturbe against Sporting CP.

This friendly kicks off at the Estadio Jose Alvalade at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

It’s a party for the hosts, who are presenting the squad to their fans for the start of the new season.

Totti leads the trident attack with Iturbe and Adem Ljajic, while Salih Ucan and Leandro Paredes get rare starts in midfield.

Roma have Wojciech Szczesny on the bench, but start Francesco Totti, Daniele De Rossi and Juan Iturbe against Sporting CP.

This friendly kicks off at the Estadio Jose Alvalade at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT).

It’s a party for the hosts, who are presenting the squad to their fans for the start of the new season.

Totti leads the trident attack with Iturbe and Adem Ljajic, while Salih Ucan and Leandro Paredes get rare starts in midfield.

It’s good to see Leandro Castan play after a year out following delicate brain surgery to remove a cavernoma.

Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny was expected to start in Portugal, but instead Morgan De Sanctis gets the gloves.

Remarkably, Roma only arrived in Lisbon a few hours ago, so went straight from the airport to the stadium.

Sporting CP: Rui Patricio; Joao Pereira, Naldo, Paulo Oliveira, Jefferson, Bryan Ruiz, Joao Mario, Adrien, Carrillo; Slimani, Teo

Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Manolas, Castan, Cole; Paredes, De Rossi, Uçan; Iturbe, Totti, Ljajic

Roma bench: Szczesny, Lobont, Yanga-Mbiwa, Nainggolan, Iago Falque, Ibarbo, Keita, Destro, Florenzi, Gervinho, Torosidis, Romagnoli, Anocic, Machin Dicombo, Doumbia

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