This could be Rudi Garcia’s last game on the Roma bench and he pairs Gervinho with Mohamed Salah against Genoa.
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There are multiple reports Garcia will be fired over the Christmas break and anything less than a convincing victory will be damning.
This could be Rudi Garcia’s last game on the Roma bench and he pairs Gervinho with Mohamed Salah against Genoa.
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, follow the action as it happens from all NINE Serie A games on our LIVEBLOG.
There are multiple reports Garcia will be fired over the Christmas break and anything less than a convincing victory will be damning.
It’s even said his fate has already been set, as President James Pallotta noted “any decision I make will not be based just on one result.”
Francesco Totti, Vasilis Torosidis and Kevin Strootman are still sidelined, but Salah and Gervinho are able to start together for the first time since November 8.
Perhaps not coincidentally, that was also the last game Roma won, 2-0 over Lazio in the Derby della Capitale, beginning a seven-match negative streak that culminated in Wednesday’s Coppa Italia exit to Spezia.
Genoa are not doing much better, suffering three consecutive defeats and losing 2-1 at home in the Coppa to Lega Pro outfit Alessandria.
Coach Gian Piero Gasperini is therefore also at risk, but has strikers Leonardo Pavoletti and Diego Perotti both suspended.
The injury list includes Tino Costa, Nicolas Andre Burdisso and Giovanni Marchese.
Roma: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, Rudiger, Digne; Pjanic, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Salah, Dzeko, Gervinho
Genoa: Perin; Izzo, Munoz, De Maio, Ansaldi; Capel, Rincon, Tachtsidis, Ntcham, Laxalt; Gakpè