AS Roma will have excellent start of the new season.

       Mauro Baldissoni Roma's director guaranteed they were "getting ready for the season ahead paying little mind to the Champions League."

The Giallorossi make their Serie A presentation today against Udinese, take after the development and activity.

"We are making arrangements for the season ahead paying little respect to the Champions League capability," Baldissoni told Mediaset Premium.

It comes days after a 1-1 Champions League play-off draw at Porto, get ready for the second leg on Tuesday.

"The group is finished and we are fit as a fiddle. Clearly we can't be at our top now, yet we're prepared for these enormous tests and demonstrated that against Porto.

"We played that diversion with quality and now have the chance to roll out improvements off the seat, guaranteeing we keep up that force."

Bruno Peres is given his Roma debut in the season opener against Udinese, who have many new faces in their line-up.

It kicks off at the Stadio Olimpico at 17.00 UK time (16.00 GMT).

Luciano Spalletti has to balance the first Serie A match with the Champions League play-off, as they host Porto on Tuesday evening.

There is also the strain of needing to play for almost an hour with 10 men in Wednesday’s 1-1 first leg draw, thanks to Thomas Vermaelen’s red card.

As he’ll be suspended for the second leg, Vermaelen starts today against Udinese with Kostas Manolas.

Juan Jesus was originally set for left-back, but at the last minute Spalletti switched to Emerson Palmieri.

Bruno Peres gets his Roma debut after the transfer from Torino, while Leandro Paredes and Stephan El Shaarawy step in to rest Daniele De Rossi and Diego Perotti.

Wojciech Szczesny recaptures the gloves from a not entirely convincing Alisson, while Alessandro Florenzi, Mario Rui and Antonio Rudiger are injured.

Udinese have changed a great deal over the summer and there are several Serie A debutants today, including ex-Manchester City midfielder Seko Fofana and Rodrigo De Paul, but Adalberto Peñaranda is on the bench.

Cyril Thereau sits out a two-match ban.

Napoli-owned centre-forward Duvan Zapata leads the attack, but Udinese crashed out of the Coppa Italia to Spezia earlier this week.

Roma: Szczesny; Bruno Peres, Manolas, Vermaelen, Emerson; Nainggolan, Paredes, Strootman; Salah, Dzeko, El Shaarawy

Roma bench: Alisson, Marchizza, Juan Jesus, Fazio, Gerson, Iturbe, Totti, Perotti, Seck, De Rossi, Ricci

Udinese: Karnezis; Herteaux, Danilo, Samir; Widmer, Badu, Fofana, Halfredsson, Adnan; De Paul, Duvan Zapata