Balerdi climbs Roma’s hierarchy, will start vs Torino | OneFootball

“A captain.” Never was a more fitting description than Gian Piero Gasperini’s for Leonardo Balerdi. What a captain he truly was for Marseille.

Character, leadership, and teamwork—as Il Messaggero reports—the Argentine managed to impress everyone in just a few games, and now he might even get a chance to start. Roma boasts a respectable back line, with no shortage of alternatives.

Among these is Leonardo Balerdi, who came on against Fenerbahçe in place of a less-than-stellar Mancini, who was burdened by Archie Brown’s goal.

Balerdi could start against Torino. The Argentine has shown charisma to spare, becoming Gasperini’s go-to player from the bench against both Atalanta and Fenerbahçe.

Ahead of the match against Torino, and especially the one against Inter next week, Gasperini, notoriously not one for rotation, could experiment with Balerdi from the start, with the Argentine already itching for his first Giallorossi start.