I am happy to continue backing AS Roma under Jose Mourinho, whom I consider one of the 3 title candidates this season.

The Special One is enjoying a great return to Serie A and has made a big impact on bookmakers, who have quickly lowered the odds for long-term bets regarding the league win in 2021/22.

Roma has had one of the wisest and most balanced transfer campaigns in years as additions of Abraham, Rui Patricio and Vina have improved all respective compartments. The other quality boost has come in the face of creative Zaniolo, returnee from long term knee ligament injury. He’s already had a couple of strong displays in Europe and Serie A, while earning a call up to the Italian NT.

With C-19 restrictions being widely and rapidly dropped, Stadio Olimpico in Rome is becoming a fortress again. 27 000 were present at the win against Fiorentina, a good enough crowd to give Giallorossi the necessary home advantage.

Final argument for Roma is the timing of the game - they are closing the 3rd matchday and kick off later than any other Scudetto candidate. This gives the players involved on international duty extra time for recovery + as the game is held in Rome, they are spared from travelling.

As for Sassuolo, I’ve watched both of their games in the 2021/22 campaign and can confirm the achieved results should be considered as reasons for concern. Despite taking a 3-2 win vs. Verona on the opening matchday, Sassuolo were outplayed and the final scoreline had little in common with what actually went down on the pitch.

Failure to beat Sampdoria, let alone score, in the follow up game is also a weak performance. Dionisi may be preaching the same principles as predecessor De Zerbi, but the execution is way off at the moment.

I expect Roma to seize the opportunity against this mish-mash Sassuolo side and add 3 points to their tally.

我很高兴在穆里尼奥的带领下继续支持罗马，我认为他是本赛季的冠军热门之一。

穆尼尼奥重返意甲联赛，并对机构产生了重大影响。

随着亚伯拉罕、鲁伊帕特里西奥和维纳的加入，罗马经历了多年来最出色的转会窗口之一，改善了各个环节。另一个实力提升来自于创造性的扎尼奥洛的伤愈。他已经在欧战和意甲有过几次出色的表现，并且回归了国家队。

随着疫情限制的广泛迅速取消，罗马奥林匹克体育场再次成为一座堡垒。27 000 人出席了对阵佛罗伦萨的比赛，这足以让球队获得必要的主场优势。

最后一个论点是比赛的时机——他们的比赛是周末的第 3 个比赛日，比任何其他意甲球队都晚开球。这为参与国际比赛的球员提供了额外的恢复时间+由于比赛在罗马举行，他们无需旅行。

至于萨索洛，我看过他们在2021/22赛季的两场比赛，可以确认取得的成绩应该被视为值得关注的原因。尽管在首场比赛中以 3-2 战胜维罗纳，但最终的比分与球场上的实际表现不是很符合。

未能击败桑普多利亚，更不用说得分，在后续比赛中也是表现不佳。迪奥尼西可能在宣扬与前任德泽尔比相同的原则，但目前尚未执行。

我预测罗马能抓住机会拿下萨索洛，并且在积分上增加 3 分。