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"Our opponents demonstrated their ability in the reverse fixture earlier this season," declared the Giallorossi coach in his pre-match interview. "This is a team that rarely gives the ball away and has players with pace.
"I've told my lads that they will have to be at the top of their game to win at a tough ground like this."
The Roma youngsters are in top spot in Group C with six points on second-placed Frosinone.
"We are currently going through a run of extremely good form and I must say that the boys have been very professional because they managed to bounce back from a negative streak when they weren't playing as they can do. Climbing back into first place after being third has put things back the way they should be."
After an injury forced him to miss out on the Napoli game, Giallorossi forward Edoardo Soleri has got himself back to full fitness and was included in the squad for the away trip to Abruzzo.
"It always makes us happy when players recover. With his attributes, Soleri is our only target man but luckily we've called up Gabriel Rares from the Allievi who can help us out in this respect.
"We suffered during the game against Inter specifically because we were lacking someone with these crucial qualities."
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