There will be no fans in tow, but Roma comes to the San Siro dragging a 17-day unbeaten streak: 41 points out of 51 secured, a hefty calling card to attempt the big score against league masters Inter.
This is a Roma that has often stumbled in big fixtures, but today it dreams of flipping the script: it will need a movie performance to snatch points from what, data in hand, is the strongest team in Italy but which comes from two heavy defeats and must also keep an eye on the next Champions League challenge.
Paradoxically, even a draw – which would extend the unbeaten streak to the levels of Ranieri’s legendary 2010 run-up, coincidentally against Inter – would move little in the standings. Indeed, it could even cost them dearly: with Fiorentina poised to operate an overtaking move into seventh place.
Champions League? At the moment, it is more of a mirage than a mission: despite the proclamations and hopes entrusted to mathematics, the Europa League remains the concrete goal, attainable if the team can collect at least a dozen points in the last five battles of the season.
Source: Sports Courier
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