Fonseca: We go to Turin with confidence

Wednesday's game at the Juventus Stadium gets underway at 20:45 local time - as the Giallorossi look to secure a third win in six days, following the victories over Parma (on Thursday) and Genoa (on Sunday).

“We’ve had a shortened preparation period for this game – the players have not fully recovered from the game against Genoa so we’ve worked strategically on tomorrow’s game," Fonseca said.

"They are motivated and confident ahead of a great game against a top side like Juventus."

How are the injured players looking?

“[Federico] Fazio is back now but [Diego] Perotti, [Javier] Pastore and [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan are not ready. We hope to have Perotti back for the game against Lazio on Sunday.”

So far Roma have only ever lost in Juventus’s new stadium. Is it time to change that?

“I don’t really worry about games that have already happened, the important thing tomorrow is to play with ambition, desire and confidence if we are to change this record from the last few years. We know it will be a very tough game, against a really strong side who are in good form. But will play to win.”

Having already played Juventus a few weeks ago, is that an advantage?

“It can help both us and them, we need to understand what we did right and wrong in that game. We can’t make the same mistakes as we did at the start of that game, we need to perform more like the side I saw in the second half instead.

Nikola Kalinic will play again – could he have a decisive role to play?

“He played really well against Parma and I have a lot of confidence in him. I’m sure he’ll have a good game tomorrow.”