Trigoria empties, the infirmary fills up. The break for the national teams does not start in the best way for the Rome, but Mourinho, never like this time, he is happy to be able to stay for ten days. And it doesn’t matter if he has to do without eleven players (there would have been thirteen, but Zaniolo and Pellegrini have already returned to Rome). “We need the break,” he said after the tie with Bodo / Glimt because the team was tired and as the days went by it got more and more bandaged. From Calafiori to Smalling, passing through Spinazzola and Vina, most of the problems are in defense and on the left wing, but almost all of them should be ready for the resumption of the championship. A separate discussion must be made for Spinazzola, who from the end of November will be able to return to work with the group but according to the doctors who operated on him in Finland, he will not meet again before the new year. For the others, on the other hand, they should have no problems returning to Marassi’s away match against Genoa on 21 November. Maybe only Vina will need a few more days by returning a week later with the Turin.

On the other hand, the Uruguayan is treating an injury, a problem instead Zaniolo he averted. For the Giallorossi 22, returned from Coverciano last night, only a muscle overload in the calf, while for Pilgrims, the usual inflammation in the left knee. Two problems that don’t worry Trigoria in view of the resumption of the tour de force that will last until Christmas. Nine matches in 30 days before the Christmas break where Roma will have to answer in order not to miss the Champions train. The problem of injuries, however, created an emotional scar in Mourinho and in Trigoria. “In the last 4-5 years there has been a record of injuries that I have never seen in my sight – said the Special One with concern a few weeks ago -. One of our big issues is that we need to improve a lot on this aspect and we are working a lot on it ”. For this in Norway he had deployed the Rome B, with the hope of resting those players with a history of higher injuries and who had already played a lot. The Conference League challenge, however, marked an even clearer gap between the owners and the bench, but in two weeks Mourinho will need everyone again because even the management and from the owners it will not be possible to arrive in Champions relying only on 13-14 players waiting for the transfer market.