Rudi Garcia has named his Roma squad to face Sampdoria in Week 8 of Serie A and as expected Douglas Maicon is absent.
The Brazilian was a late withdrawal from contention for the midweek match with Bayern Munich having inflamed a tendon in his knee.
On from reports suggesting he is unlikely to feature until Week 10 at the earliest due to the injury, the veteran has been left out of the squad to play Samp on Saturday evening.
Rudi Garcia has named his Roma squad to face Sampdoria in Week 8 of Serie A and as expected Douglas Maicon is absent.
The Brazilian was a late withdrawal from contention for the midweek match with Bayern Munich having inflamed a tendon in his knee.
On from reports suggesting he is unlikely to feature until Week 10 at the earliest due to the injury, the veteran has been left out of the squad to play Samp on Saturday evening.
Leandro Castan and Seydou Keita are still absent through injury, whilst Kostas Manolas serves the second of his two-game suspension.
Roma squad to face Sampdoria: Astori, Calabresi, Cholevas Cole, De Rossi, De Sanctis, Destro, Emanuelson, Florenzi, Gervinho, Iturbe, Ljajic, Lobont, Mapou, Nainggolan, Paredes, Pjanic, Sanabria, Skorupski, Somma, Torosidis, Totti, Uçan