Roma defender Simon Kjaer has targeted the next four League games as key to the Giallorossi achieving their ambitions this season.
Roma defender Simon Kjaer has targeted the next four League games as key to the Giallorossi achieving their ambitions this season.
With Nicolas Burdisso out with a serious knee injury, fit again Danish defender Kjaer returned to the starting line-up at the weekend in Roma’s 2-1 win over Lecce. The 22-year-old told Il Corriere dello Sport of his delight in returning to action after missing more than four weeks of action through a combination of injury and suspension.
“Things are going great. We won and for me it was nice to return to the field after being out injured.
“It could have been a great victory on Sunday, we had the chances to win 5-1 or 6-1. [Lecce’s goal] was random, neither [Gabriel] Heinze or I could do anything about it.”
The former Palermo centre-back then drew attention to the fixture list that presents a run of challenging opponents for the Giallorossi.
Expressing their importance, Kjaer hinted that results in these games – three of which are away from home – will go a long way to defining the direction Roma’s season will take.
“We are now anticipating a streak of four matches against very strong teams like Udinese” data-scaytid=”14″>Udinese, Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”15″>Fiorentina, Juventus” data-scaytid=”16″>Juventus and Napoli.
“If we can get seven or nine points from these games, I think we’ll be in a good position in the table. A position that belongs to a big club like Roma.”