Di Francesco’s squad for Sassuolo clash

CAIRO – 30 December 2017: Roma’s manager, Eusebio Di Francesco, announced on Friday the team’s squad for the clash against his former club Sassuolo at the Italian League on Saturday.

Di Francesco established his reputation as a manager at Sassuolo between 2012 and 2017. He had a great time with Sassuolo leading the team from Serie B to Serie A in 2014 for the first time in the club’s history.

Di Francesco’s squad for the game consists of Alisson Becker, Lukasz Skorupski, Bogdan Lobont, Juan Jesus, Aleksandar Kolarov, Hector Moreno, Federico Fazio, Bruno Peres, Emerson Palmieri, Kostas Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Daniele De Rossi, Maxime Gonalons, Alessandro Florenzi, Gerson, Diego Perotti, Edin Dzeko, Patrik Schick, Cengiz Under, Mirko Antonucci and Stephan El Shaarawy.

Sassuolo’s former winger Gregoire Defrel who joined Roma last summer will miss the game because of an injury.

Roma places fourth in the Italian League with 38 points, 7 points behind the leaders, Napoli.