Como Challenges Roma Before Serie A Clash

Como and Roma meet in a Serie A top-table contest at the Stadio Sinigaglia, with Como director Carlalberto Ludi addressing team ambitions, Moise Kean's injury, and the club's relationship with Italy's national team staff before the match.

According to Sports Yahoo, Como entered the game three points behind Roma after a 2-0 defeat to Frosinone before the international break. Roma arrived unbeaten in Serie A with 13 points, 14 goals scored and three conceded, according to Sports Yahoo.

Como selected Nico Paz, Maxence Caqueret and Lucas Da Cunha in the starting lineup, while Roma relied on Paulo Dybala, Donyell Malen and Pierluigi Gollini, who replaced injured goalkeeper Mile Svilar.

Ludi said Como wanted to control the match through possession and attacking football as the club aimed to compete with Roma, another team that reached Champions League qualification last season.

"Our focus is on having quality and possession, dominating the game," Ludi said.

"Maxence Caqueret has this role today, although Martin Baturina has those qualities too. We want to play well and take the game to a strong side like Roma," Ludi said.

The Como director also described the match as a major test between two ambitious teams that displaced more established clubs in the Champions League race last season.

"I expect a very interesting clash between two good teams and an important advert for Serie A. Hopefully we can also make the fans here very happy," Ludi said.

Ludi also addressed the dispute involving Kean, who returned from Italy duty with an injury that ruled him out of the Roma match. Como coach Cesc Fabregas had criticized how the forward was managed during international fixtures.

"Our rapport with the Nazionale is excellent, but naturally any club won't be happy when a player returns with a small injury," Ludi said.

"We are proud to have a player representing Italy, and that goes for all our internationals. In football, people tend to see only total alignment or conflict, but that is rarely the truth of a situation," Ludi said.

"We're very honoured to represent Italy and we're sad that we cannot count on Kean today, but the rapport remains good," Ludi said.

Fabregas said Kean was expected to miss one to two weeks after the injury was identified following international duty. The Italy medical department responded by defending its communication procedures with clubs.

"He'll be out for a week or ten days. He took a knock in his first match against Belgium. Communication between the Federation and the club should improve, given that he then played 90 minutes of another match injured, as the MRI scan he had yesterday showed. Now he has to work separately," Fabregas said.

Italy team doctor Angelo De Carli said the federation maintained contact with club medical departments throughout the international period.

"To monitor the condition of the players who are called up, the national team’s medical staff constantly keep the club doctors updated, and have frequent contact with them before, during and after the training camp. That is what happened during the last international window, spanning September and October," De Carli said.