Callejon gives Napoli the lead with a header.
Now weāre fucked.
3-0
De Rossi has been abysmal tonight.
Ljajic has a goal ruled out.
Should be De Rossi taken off as opposed to Pjanic.
Totti on.
De Rossi has been so lazy and slack tonight that is infuriating.
Strootman is so one-footed it is unbelievable. The angle was on there to play in Destro with his right but he opts for a more difficult and less threathening option in Gervinho solely because it was on his left foot and is cut out.
Maybe if De Rossi put some fucking effort in he wouldnāt have to put on another layer of clothing under his jersey.
Bastos is utter fucking shite.
Another absolutely insipid display from Daniele De Rossi tonight, lazy and unprofessional. He was absolutely scandalous for the Jorginho goal, letting Mertens waltz past him and slide in Jorginho. He played some shocking slow telegraphed passes across the face of the goal that were intercepted, he stood off at every attempt. He should be dropped at the weekend but I wouldnāt hold my breath.
That second half was a very worrying sign for me. We looked very poor defensively and De Rossi is a passenger when he puts in performances like that. Gervinho was quiet and Destro was starved of service after a bright opening. Strootman probably our best performer and was harshly sent off though his actions were a bit silly. Taking Pjanic off and leaving De Rossi on was retarded from Rudi.
Bastos is a shocking footballer, so frail and brainless.
We play Sampdoria this evening at the Olimpico which will have its two Curvas closed as we have fallen foul of the ridiculous new legislation about anti-territorial chanting (i.e. anti-Neopolitan). We have had two appeals rejected which is unfortunate and will also have the Curva closed for the home game against Inter. Itās a daft piece of legislation and I even noted on here before on how the Napoli fans unfurled some self-deprecating banners mocking the stupidity of the rule.
Anyway, back to on-field matters; Totti is out tonight and probably out of next weeks game away at Bologna. Iām hoping Destro starts and we donāt continue with the annoying trend of fielding a striker-less formation. Iād imagine Radja will also come back into the team.
Roma: De Sanctis; Maicon, Benatia, Castan, Torosidis; Pjanic, Nainggolan, Strootman; Florenzi, Destro, Gervinho
De Rossi misses out tonight, he was very poor in midweek. This is going to be a tough game - we havenāt defended well at all in recent games and Sampdoria are in great recent form. Gabbiadini is the danger man and we will have to limit him coming inside from the right. Eder has also been in good form this season. I think we may need to score 3 tonight and Sampdoria havenāt been conceding too many of late.
Gastaldello clears off the line.
Good spell of pressure in the last 5 minutes from Roma. Pjanic and Gervinho pulling the strings.
Pjanic showing some beautiful footwork to fashion a chance there.
Mustafi with the slightest of touches to divert the cross just over Destro who would have had a tap-in.
Strootman wastes an absolutely glorious chance with a tame effort.
Pjanic has been supreme this evening.
Outstanding header from Destro.
1-0.
Up yours Bandage.