John Arne Riise thinks Roma being ‘forced’ to play youngsters against Juventus tonight could benefit the club.
“There will be many stars missing, but it will remain a wonderful match between two teams battling for their respective targets,” said the Norwegian.
The Giallorossi are without Francesco Totti, Alberto Aquilani, Simone Perrotta, Cicinho, Juan, Marco Cassetti and Rodrigo Taddei due to injury.
On top of that there are four suspended players – Daniele De Rossi, David Pizarro, Souleymane Diamoutene and Marco Motta.
This has prompted Coach Luciano Spalletti to call up six youth team players – Riccardo Brosco, Alessandro Crescenzi, Marco D’Alessandro, Adrian Stojan, Alessandro Malomo and Sebastian Mladen.
“I’d like to point out that D’Alessandro, Brosco and Filipe are young, but have great technique. In Italy they prefer to field players out of position rather than launch youngsters.
“I do not agree with that approach. If they don’t play, then they cannot gain experience. If you are talented, then you have what it takes at 18.”
This is one of the reasons Riise feels the Serie A sides have struggled in recent years against the Premier League, even though the styles have different things to offer.
“In England you run for 90 minutes, whereas here you have time to lift your head and that is why you see greater technique and quality of football,” added the former Liverpool man.
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