six games in 25 days. And there will be the big matches against Milan and Naples
Two months of break, of relaxed rhythms, zeroed stress and frozen goals could have lowered the attention bar. The events will take care of picking it up because Roma, like all the others in Serie A, will have to support a compressed calendar in the month of January. These are six matches in 25 days (on average one every four), but the situation will also be complicated by the two big matches against Milan (8 January) and Napoli (29) eleven days apart. We will start with Bologna at home on the 4th (Olimpico already sold out), four days later Roma will move to Milan to face the Rossoneri. Then there will be the Coppa Italia against Genoa (12), also in this case the stadium is already practically sold out and on the 15th the championship will resume with Fiorentina (always at home). The first month of the year will close with Spezia (22) and Naples (29).
A return to reality that is in some ways traumatic if the team is not adequately prepared to support the pressing pace of the league and cups (theEuropa League will resume in February with the play-offs against Salzburg). The gap in the standings from fourth place is only three points (-14 from the first), but Roma are seventh on equal points with Atalanta (27) and are the last of the train of the big names. This means that indecisions are prohibited as happened in previous years in January to coaches such as Luis Enrique, Garcia, Spalletti, Di Francesco and Fonseca. No one has managed to speed up the recovery decisively, Mourinho will try to rewrite history.