Mourinho praised Oliveira, the Africa Cup of Nations will stage a Roma player showdown, Roma resumed training on Tuesday

After Roma's 4-2 away win over Empoli, the next round will be played at home to Genoa on 6 February, and Roma will strive for a three-game winning streak in the league.

Before that, most of Roma's players will have valuable rest time, with Uruguayan full-back Wiener and Uzbekistan striker Shomurov travelling to play for their respective national teams.

At 00:00 on 25 January, Guinea will face the Gambia in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. In this game, a civil war of Roma players will be staged. Roma's two midfielders will meet in this match.

Guinea's Diavala will play against Dalbo in gambia, and the significance of this match for Roma is that there will definitely be a Roma player who will return to Rome, Italy, after this match.

Roma will return to Trigoria on Tuesday morning to resume training after the victory over Empoli.

In the January winter window, Roma brought in Porto midfielder Oliveira. The player has scored in two consecutive Serie A matches.

Roma boss Jose Mourinho praised Oliveira's performance, saying: "He is not technically the best, but he rarely makes bad decisions. He has a personality and he knows how to manage time and fouls. When players play at a club like Porto that fights to win a title, you take a different mindset and that's what we need.