A forty day break. It’s tough for whoever plays sport and for the clubs involved in various championships, but this World Cup in Japan could just turn into Roma’s favour.

“I have been often away with the National team but I have also stayed home at times – explained Cisolla – When you come back from important competitions like the Olympic Games, World Cups or European Championships, some players can fade psycho physically and physiologically, but this depends on the players. But I don’t consider this long break a bad thing, on the contrary, it would have been bad if the break had come after a negative series, like the three initial defeats. Can you imagine the atmosphere there would have been in the group”.