Mora's rise at Roma earns Portugal call-up, Corriere dello Sport reports

Rodrigo Mora is no longer merely a prospect for the future but a concrete reality for Roma, according to Corriere dello Sport, which reported that the 19-year-old Portuguese has begun to deliver consistently under coach Gian Piero Gasperini.

The newspaper said Mora has scored four goals in the league and provided two assists in the Champions League, a return it described as making his growth worthy of a call-up to the Portugal national team.

According to the report, Mora has moved past the phase of settling in and learning the team's mechanisms and Gasperini's philosophy, and has entered a period of maturity in which he is producing decisive goals and plays. The outlet framed his development through the Portuguese expression "o tempo das amoras" — the time of blackberries, a late-summer period of ripening — as a metaphor for his transition from adolescence to adulthood.

Corriere dello Sport also noted the anagrammatic link between "Mora" and "Roma," saying the young Portuguese has in a few months won over the affection of the club's fans. The report did not specify Mora's position, preferred foot or whether Roma were playing at home or away.