There The new secular prayer of the euphoric Romanist begins like this: Eupalla, protect our Paulinus, let him leave the field only at the request of De Rossi and free us from all evil of the divine flexors. Amen.
Ah, how Dybala plays…, the unforgettable Maurizio Mosca would have sighed after another assist for Lukaku and the goal from a free kick from twenty-something meters. How he plays and makes people play: having recovered his athletic condition, Paulo has once again been the extraordinary scorer and solver who for years made Juve’s fortune and on more than one occasion led the fans to curse the “contemporaneity” with Leo Messi, absolute and Undisputed owner of Argentina’s number 10 shirt.
Seven of the twenty goals scored by Daniele’s Roma in the championship, a third, belong to Joya. Six team successes. The favorable schedule will also have something to do with it – Verona, Salernitana, Cagliari, Frosinone, Turin and Monza – but six wins out of seven, the only defeat against Inter at the Olimpico between the away games in Cagliari and Frosinone, are a surprising and they provide a boost of energy that the Roma certainly needed.
Winning consistently helps you win because it allows you to work better during the week and significantly increases the coach’s credibility.
De Rossi deserves this moment for several reasons: He presented himself very prepared for the replacement, demonstrating that he had studied the characteristics of the group for a long time and carefully. Knowing how to talk to the players, he worked on individual motivations and immediately looked for a groundbreaking proposal. In addition, he made decisive decisions, without abandoning the necessary rotation. The success in Monza is similar to that of Cagliari: complete, very few shadows (risks assumed) and an evident technical-tactical superiority, almost never questioned.
The numbers support De Rossi’s candidacy for a possible confirmation for next season, mainly those of the achievements that especially highlight the highest quality players: Dybala reached twelve, Lukaku ten and Pellegrini six. These are curiously unusual numbers for Roma, who have not had at least two of their players reach double figures since the 2016/17 season. The last time Dzeko did it with 29 crosses and Salah with 15.
Roma is now fifth alone in the championship, waiting for Atalanta-Bologna; Brighton ninth in the Premier League. They have similar philosophies, De Rossi and De Zerbi, or at least that is what Daniele claims, who openly recognizes himself in the Brescia coach’s principles. It will be interesting to see them face to face because they both play optimistic football and accept risks.
Will Rome and Brighton slap each other (metaphor) for 90-odd minutes? After carefully analyzing the last two games of the English, a simple but repeated fact caught my attention: both against Wolverhamtpon in the FA Cup on Wednesday, and yesterday in the league against Fulham, De Zerbi had 72% of the possession of the ball, creating a lot and suffering the same. They lost 1-0 the first time and 3-0 the second time. However, if I know it well, it will not be distorted, it will not change a single comma.