The yellow-red coach has announced the absentees for the Italian Cup challenge. His words on Dybala are reassuring: “He’s as good as everyone else.”

Tomorrow evening, Roma returns to the field against Sampdoria for their first game of the Italian Cup. In an interview given to the microphones of Forza Roma, According to SportMediaset, Claudio Ranieri has given an update on the injured players: “Hummels, Koné, and Cristante will not be available.” The German defender is still out due to a flu attack that struck him before the Como game, while Manu Koné will sit out due to a quadricep strain. The injury situation of Bryan Cristante is more complex. He is still grappling with an ankle issue sustained on December 2nd in the match against Atalanta at the Olympic Stadium. The Roma coach then discussed the conditions of Paulo Dybala and Artem Dovbyk: “Paulo is doing well, just like everyone else. “Dovbyk? A player of his caliber can’t find physical conditioning in a week where we barely got to train. I am convinced he is a champion and he would need to show it.” For Roma, tomorrow’s game against the blue-circled team represents a crucial match in an attempt to forget the heavy defeat in Como and, above all, to keep alive their hopes of making it to the end of the Coppa Italia.