Roma are expected to return to 4-3-3 for tomorrow’s Champions League second leg with Liverpool.
The Giallorossi started with a back-three at Anfield, but their high line was repeatedly exposed by the pace and movement of Jurgen Klopp’s men.
The Serie A side went 5-0 down before switching to a back-four, after which they scored two late goals to give themselves a glimmer of hope in the tie.
Roma are expected to return to 4-3-3 for tomorrow’s Champions League second leg with Liverpool.
The Giallorossi started with a back-three at Anfield, but their high line was repeatedly exposed by the pace and movement of Jurgen Klopp’s men.
The Serie A side went 5-0 down before switching to a back-four, after which they scored two late goals to give themselves a glimmer of hope in the tie.
Coach Eusebio Di Francesco appears to have learned his lesson from the first game, as today’s Corriere dello Sport reports that he’ll revert to his favoured 4-3-3 tomorrow.
Kevin Strootman is expected to miss out through injury, so Daniele De Rossi and Radja Nainggolan should be joined in midfield by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
Liverpool centre-back Dejan Lovren has been exposed in the air at times this season, and Edin Dzeko and Patrik Schick are both expected to start in the front-three.
The two tall strikers will be accompanied by Stephan El Shaarawy.
Alisson will retain his place in goal, with Aleksandar Kolarov and Alessandro Florenzi at full-back and Federico Fazio partnering Kostas Manolas in the centre.
Probable Roma team to face Liverpool: Alisson; Florenzi, Manolas, Fazio, Kolarov; Pellegrini, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Schick, Dzeko, El Shaarawy