re: Americans Abroad Thread

Micheal Bradley played today and had a clutch chipped assist for the decisive goal as Roma beat Atalanta 3-2 in near blizzard conditions in Piedmonte.

youtube Atalanta v ASRoma highlights


Bradley started today as De Rossi was serving a match ban for yellow accumulation.


In general, Zeman being replaced as manager by Andreazzoli will probably mean less starts for Bradley. Seems he'll still get a lot of minutes but will probably be more the "vice De Rossi" many thought when he signed this season as well as being subbed on for an extra defensive minded mid.



Andreazzoli (who's been a long time Roma assistant since the Spalletti days but has never managed) has used a 3-4-1-2 in both matches where he had Totti available at trequartista and 3-4-2-1 today without Totti. So needless to say, there's a midfield spot less than in Zeman's 4-3-3.


Bradley has spelled DDR in the middle beside Pjanic who Andreazzoli has moved back into more of a DLP role.