Roma have confirmed Robinio Vaz sustained a first-degree strain to the soleus muscle in his left calf and will be sidelined for at least two weeks. He will miss Monday’s Serie A clash with Cagliari at the Stadio Olimpico.
Selection crunch as absences mount
This shortfall compounds an already tight situation and shifts responsibility onto the remaining squad options.
Several regulars are currently out of the group or working away from the first-team training bubble. Manu Koné, Artem Dovbyk, Evan Ferguson and Paulo Dybala are recorded as training separately.
Mario Hermoso is recovering from a foot contusion, while Venturino is sidelined by illness; the club has not provided firm return dates for those two players.
The timing of Vaz’s injury — dropping into the middle of a congested calendar — reduces tactical and rotation flexibility for upcoming fixtures. The club will have to adjust selections for the immediate matches, with the manager facing tighter options for both defensive and attacking rotations.
Availability questions and limited certainties
Medical staff have given a minimum recovery window for Vaz, but no precise return date has been announced for the wider group. The immediate effect is a narrower selection pool for Roma across the next string of fixtures, with squad management under short-term pressure.
