The wait is over, Serie A is back. Following the recuperation of the games for match day twenty five over the weekend, starting on Monday the teams will face each other in match day twenty seven. Roma will host Sampdoria on Wednesday with the goal of getting back in the race for a Champions a League spot, manager Paulo Fonseca discussed the challenges of doing so behind closed doors:"Without our fans it will be hard to play at home, but we'll prepare the game in the same way- the giallorossi's manager told Portuguese station Sport- The only difference is trying to reproduce in practice a similar atmosphere to the one we'll face in the game, so we'll train at the Olimpico on Monday"
Despite the three months away from his squad, Fonseca is confident:"We've been stopped for a while, it was a different preparation to the one in a normal league. We haven't played friendlies, but I believe we'll be ready on Wednesday. Tactically this is a very rich league, there are always different strategies and it's stimulating to manage here"