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Today's dream Roma five-a-side team has been chosen by Menno, who picks a strong team with five of the best players Roma have had this century.
Name: Menno van Koppen Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Team: Like the force, a team needs to be in balance. For my five-a-side I therefore choose a goalkeeper, a defender, a defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder and a striker. GK: Alisson Ramses Becker - This one is an easy pick: Alisson is by far the best goalkeeper Roma has ever had. Fantastic reflexes, great at coming off his goal line, skilled with his feet like a true Brazilian, dominant in the box and the exposure of a winner. I loved Alisson. Once following Roma you get used to seeing the best and most special players leave, but this one did particularly hurt. DF: Kostas Manolas - This was the hardest choice of the team. Roma has had so many great defenders over the years. Cafu, Aldair, Samuel, Marquinhos, Rüdiger, Castán and Mexès, a personal favourite of mine, to name only a few. Still I choose Manolas as an ode to the team that made us feel like champions for once after eliminating Barcelona last year. I had the privilege to be in the Olimpico that magical evening. That evening and my wedding were the happiest moments of my life: I was ecstatic and out of myself with joy, seeing the footage still gives me goosebumps all over my body. Grazie mille, Kostas, grazie mille. DM: Daniele De Rossi - Dani is indispensable for any Roma team. A natural born leader with a great tackle, excellent passing, fierce shot and not afraid to do the dirty work. A strong personality that reads the game excellent and guides the team. He is the skeleton in the body that is AS Roma. It makes me very sad Dani will probably end his career without a Scudetto: he deserves one. I hope he feels the World Cup title makes up for that loss. As you probably know, Dani has left his World Cup medal in the coffin of former national team kitman Pietro Lombardi to be buried with his body after he died. Let that affect you for a moment. What a beautiful personality. AM: Francesco Totti - I don’t see how anybody could afford to leave Totti out of the team: a thousand words are not enough to describe what he has meant and still means for AS Roma. For me personally he is the sole reason why I started following Roma in the first place and I am sure that accounts for a lot more people. His legacy is a part of Roma and Roma would not have been the same club today without him. The images of Totti in the stands that are shown several times every match nowadays, evoke strong feelings of melancholy and pride. SC: Gabriel Omar Batistuta - Pairing the brilliant insight and passing of Totti with an absolute world class striker was the stepping stone for our last Scudetto. What a finisher Batistuta was: a guarantee for goals. Signing Batistuta was the best answer Sensi could have given to the Scudetto Lazio won the season before, granting us the city bragging rights until this day. Want to submit your own Five-a-Side Friday team? Fill in the form on this link.
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Founder and editor of Giallorossi Yorkshire, who is also a columnist for Roma's official website about the women's team. Categories
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