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Categoria: AS Roma Corner

Rubrica in inglese gestita dagli amici del Roma Club Dublino

0 Roma-Feyenoord

  • 27 Maggio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

Champions. Of Europe. Winners of the first edition of the UEFA Conference League. Without ifs and buts. Anyone who tries to belittle this achievement is either in bad faith or simply froth of anger. The only Italian team to win a European competition, the last time 12 years ago, just happened to be led by him, our leader and today a prophet in the Giallorossi homeland. The divine Josè.

The only one to have won them all. Fifth cup in his incredible palmares. The “hand of five” at the Tirana stadium. A serial winner, everywhere. All this is Mourinho, that poor old man, derided by many, the same ones who today jump on the winners’ bandwagon. They asked for its head who knows to make room for, perhaps the champagne football of Italiano or De Zerbi, forgetting that in recent decades all those others who had passed here had failed miserably, with even better equipped teams.

In less than a year this gentleman has rebuilt a family, broght people at the stadium, empathy and pride. But above all he brought us the much coveted trophy. He was the only one who could do it. Our hope. And unlike his other prestigious victories, this time he did it with little means available, a team not full of champions, but under construction. His tears are of joy and awareness, making happy the most beautiful fans in the world, for too long desperately looking for victories. This cup has a different and perhaps unique flavor for this very reason.

Rome had been expecting all this since 1961, from the Fair’s Cup. This May 26th partially redeems the finals of 1984 and 1991, wounds never healed. And cancel the other May 26th, the unfortunate one. From today it becomes our day to celebrate in the years to come, for the sake of the Lazio people.

This day will also be remembered for the big party, the parade of the team on board the doouble decker bus, from Caracalla to the Colosseum, a sea of ​​Giallorossi fans at the Circus Maximus. It was destiny. The story, the circumstances. It could not have been otherwise. The watershed between the past and the future.

This immense happiness between tears of joy and emotion has pervaded many Romanistas, especially those of another era or generation. From the 1983 to the 2001 championship. Lost finals. We weren’t used to it anymore. Our thoughts immediately went to our loved ones and to the curva paradise, those who guided us towards this faith, to celebrate this extraordinary event from up there, in the spirit that has always united us and that will never leave us. We love you. Forza Grande Roma. Always.

0 Weekly review

  • 22 Maggio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner · Rubriche

Regardless of how it ends. José Mourinho is working a miracle, on and off the pitch. He had started with a small squad, anchored in sixth-seventh place for some years. Some excellent players from the first places, others less good, young, or still to be deciphered. Fluctuating results, some great games but also some very bad ones, not including referee’s scandals and many lost points.

“The team must reach my level, not the other way around”. Slowly but surely José remodelled the team, with the few means available, in January he sent away and put aside those players that he considered not up to par. Even though lots of fans were shocked and asked for his head. For having “devalued” certain players. “Boiled, old, incapable”. Told by fans of a team that hardly ever wins anything has enough effect. And coincidentally, he was right here too. And instead, he then launched, enhanced, and improved other players, obviously better than those “purged”. Above all Zalewsky, on the bench all year, now an immovable owner.

Mou has brought back the enthusiasm, the full stadium, and the support of the people. A sea of ​​love for the Giallorossi lo, which has not seen for a long time. But above all he is changing the minds of the players and the mentality, a growth that also includes a strong club that supports him. José’s hand. Attention is meticulous on everything, team, fans, and management. That is the club.

Three years of project. Many did not understand all this. And they contested it when things weren’t going well, perhaps giving heed to certain characters from the ether who were a little biased or who hated him regardless in the various TV shows and various newspapers. The important thing is that now all Romanistas have understood this. Mourinho is our only chance for growth. To win. Not to float.

We leave the various coaches, Italiano or De Zerbi to their halfway zone. After having seen so many utopias of a beautiful and hopeful football, I now prefer a more practical and winning football. We have the best of all, and we still don’t realize. With the euphoria of the final, he reminds us that we are not a team of champions. He continues to goad the club to raise the bar and invest, he continues to praise the fans, a social phenomenon to be studied, but also remember that we lack winning trophies.

The Special One in a few months of work has brought us to a European final, which we have not reached for 31 years, since 1991. Next year we are in the Europa League. With the points stolen by referees and the Var we could also go to the Champions League in place of a Juventus that made a ridiculous championship, like ours, not forgetting how much they invested and their expectations of glory. And that we play a final on Wednesday. They don’t. We are the only Italian team.

José Mourinho has achieved the maximum possible so far. Dybala or not Dybala, next year other strong and functional players must arrive, the team must improve in quality, ready to climb positions and start competing at other levels. I am convinced that the owners are very ambitious and that it will follow its coach with investments. The time is right. The final can be our driving force. “Vate retro” Newcastle. FORZA ROMA.

0 Weekly review

  • 17 Maggio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

The regret for other lost points continues. This time, however, there are no referees involved, no Var and not even our performance. Just a lot of bad luck. A disproportionate number of shots on goal and woodwork hits. True, it was the Venezia just relegated, and with a man down for 60 minutes.

Venezia played with so much determination, respecting the rules with the championship still in progress. Just as opposed to the match played at the Allianz stadium, with Juventus who decided in the second half that it was time to celebrate the farewells of Chiellini and Dybala. Allegri changes half a team to make room for the young players and defend for 45 minutes. Sarri, Tare and Lotito already knew that Lazio would eventually equalize.

An Italian championship where the mess is always there when you least expect it. Or maybe when you expect it too. With Lazio now fifth in the standings, Roma is now still in a precarious situation to finish sixth. We need the victory in Turin against the ‘granata’, and thanks to the slips of Atalanta and Fiorentina, fate is still in our hands. It will be interesting to see if Josè Mourinho will make a moderate or more massive turnover in view of the final.

There is a dilemma. It is the last of the championship, it is important to win it to guarantee Europe next year. But the final for us Romanisti is now more important. Whatever it takes. The team needs to breathe, some players are tired. The tribute of the Olimpico even after the disappointing draw with Venezia denotes an infinite enthusiasm and euphoria. There is a great desire to take this cup home. But there is still a game to play. Let’s hold on, then from Friday evening the Tirana operation starts. All focused. Forza Roma.

0 Weekly review

  • 10 Maggio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

Josè Mourinho’s tears are also ours. After 30 years, Roma are in a European final. The testimony of how important it is for this city. Unique emotions last night, at the stadium and around with all the Roma fans around the world. We are in the final and we all took it together, starting from the strength and determination of its leader and proud leader. The divine Josè.

After Tammy’s goal, the team gathered like a Roman tortoise, a squad of legionaries to repel the enemy Britannia, as stated on the banner in the curva sud. Impenetrable defense. Indeed, Roma had at least three occasions to double on the counterattack. Great performance of the team, in all departments. The team comes out exhausted and in the end all to collect the embrace of the Giallorossi fans.

Tired and out of steam after thursday, against Fiorentina did not go well. Now you have to let off the adrenaline. In hindsight, better off with some fresh legs instead. Another cocky referee and useless Var, same old grief…no point anymore. Let’s win the last two to ensure European football next season. Or else:) The next two matches in the league must be honoured but with the second lines on the pitch. It matters little. Only the final counts. Aim the Dutch of Rotterdam. Let’s go to Tirana. Forza Grande Roma!

0 weekly review

  • 2 Maggio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner · Rubriche

It’s the final countdown or these are the days of miracle and wonder. Choose your own quote and preferred line to sing along. The game with Leicester is the only thing that counts at this stage. And the draw against Bologna is not going to affect our mood.

We Romanisti have not been in a Uefa cup final since 1991. Let alone the European cup final in 1984. The last win is the Italian cup in 2008. We have in our memories that fantastic win against Barcelona and the semifinal against Liverpool. It is our biggest moment since then.

The away game at Leicester certified we can get into the final. Yet it is not done yet. On the contrary. We need to be focused like against Bodo, the only way to beat the english side. The stadium is sold-out like every game these days, 72,000 roaring. The atmosphere will be electric, we need to scare the opposition. We are biggest fans in the world. Let’s do it. Forza Roma!

0 Weekly review

  • 17 Aprile 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

The perfect match. Along the lines of the last derby. Those races where you can see the hand of Josè Mourinho. Determination, tenacity, the desire to throw the heart over the obstacle. Roma crashes Bodo Glimt without appeals and without holds.

The last minute comeback against Salernitana last Sunday was the prelude to a magical evening for the Giallorossi seasoned by an overcrowded stadium. The Mou effect is visible outside and now also inside the pitch. Following in his footsteps of him is what he asks of us to make the famous change of mentality.

Tammy and Zaniolo the prima donnas The semifinal is ours. Now we have Leicester City, the miracle of Sir Claudio Ranieri. The third European semifinal in four years after Di Francesco in the Champions League and Fonseca in the Europa League. Once again we challenge an English team. It is time to dispel this taboo. But first there is the Napoli of the former Spalletti, Monday night’s big match in the league. The Foxes can wait. Wolf pack won’t. Come on Roma.

0 Weekly review

  • 25 Marzo 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

It will go down in history as the Derby of the poor seagull. Immediately after the threefold whistle of the referee, a real smash started to tease the Lazio fans especially on the various social media. The Rome derby is also this. The Giallorossi triumph is overwhelming but almost unexpected. I was very afraid of Lazio, not because of being superior, far from it, just because the Giallorossi up to now have always proved to be discontinuous and unreliable. But if Roma play like Roma, we beat Lazio. This is my pre-game thought.

If we perform typical performances against Atalanta, Napoli or Juve up to a certain point, then we win. But the last three games weren’t reassuring at all. Team subdued, lackluster, does not sting, does not shoot at goal. This team is moody, too difficult to understand. It’s a lottery game. And here, once again, when you least expect it, comes the sumptuous performance, near perfection . This time even better than the victory in Bergamo. The best of the season, in the Mourinho era. Immediately on the pitch with a strong spur, great desire and character, a lot of determination that even surprises the Lazio players after only 56 seconds. Then only a monologue up to the 90th. Lazio stunned and inexorably beaten by two slaps of Abraham and a jewel of Pellegrini.

Tammy is everywhere, fights like a brave with the world, front and back, and scores a brace. A giant. But also his teammates, all of them, from Karsdorp’s crosses to Smalling in defense, Miki’s plays and above all the bulldozer Cristante, a dam together with Oliveira. Great Zalewsky, confident and mature. Rui without rating. Note of merit for Lorenzo Pellegrini, one of the worst in recent times, much criticized. Great technique and various spells including masterful free kick in top corner. He came from a bad injury. He was back to his levels. We need it too much.

Tammy is just waiting to be served, he could score a lot more goals. It was also the right time to reverse the trend. He needs to give continuity in the league and cup. They must reach the level of Josè Mourinho, our true champion. With the right mindset. The special is right, the derby is for the fans to celebrate, they don’t, they have to get back focused immediately, to grind straight away for the next goal. To beat Sampdoria and Salernitana after the break, another false step would be unforgivable, after the many opportunities so far thrown away. You need to give continuity.

Next chapter, after Italy fracass out of the World Cup once again. The Euro Champions pay the heavy price, unable to beat Bulgaria, N. Ireland and Switzerland. And now, North Macedonia, the ultimate punch in the face. A massive blow for Italian football. A new era approaches, only nine months later from that historical win in Wembley. Bella ciao.

0 Weekly review

  • 18 Marzo 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

In the league, Roma have not lost since early January , from that still burning defeat against Juve. Then again only in the Italian Cup against Inter. A long positive streak ever since. All very well were it not for those many draws. The intermittency trend continues, some great games, some good wins but then many other poor performances.

In the last three games with Vitesse, Udinese and again with the Dutch, the team did not play well and did not shoot on goal. Only in the last seconds, almost always scoring with Abraham, 21 goals so far, with numbers already at the level of Batistuta and Montella. Qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Conference League is a relief given how we got there. So much suffering for a result that led to today’s draws against Bodo Glimt. Deja vu. The best opportunity to get revenge and sweep away the norwegians to get in the semifinals.

However, too many hiccups for a team that too often denotes obvious technical and personality limits. But also some player’s position. Zaniolo and Pellegrini in the first place, it must be evaluated. Roma today is also this. We just have to hope that Mou finds the way as soon as possible. For sure next year the club will have to intervene to further strengthen the squad.

A playmeaker like Pizarro or De Rossi is what we need, first. Mourinho is aware of this. But also the Roma supporters, who for now have understood and loudly supports the team regardless. The victory with Vitesse brings us to the quarter-finals of the cup, but also an extra boost, the awareness that with Lazio it will not be a match like any other. A Derby is not played, it is won. Come on. Daje Roma!

0 Weekly review

  • 5 Marzo 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner · Rubriche

When your team shoots 30 times on goal but only manages to win thanks to a penalty kick in the 99th minute. Tammy’s shot slips into the lower corner with the goalkeeper sensing but unable to deflect out. Rejoice. Game dominated from start to finish, lots of ball possession and many goals that failed dramatically, but also some little thrills on counterattacks. In the end, Roma deservedly wins, but the media debate still ignites. Resilient team that never gives up – Juve style – or slow and not cynical team?

Winning while suffering would be a virtue, but it seems only in certain parts of Italy. In Rome, on the other hand, it seems that winning in recovery is a sort of meager consolation. In short, when it happens to Juventus to win at the last breath – even playing badly – we speak of great character, always incensed with praise and so on. Here, on the other hand, there is an immediate tendency to put everyone on the cross, even when you produce a sea of ​​chances from the net. Lots of untapped opportunities to score, certainly, but then justice is done from the penalty spot.

And if we look closely, despite everything we are still in the running for the Champions League, but only if it is full points against Atalanta, Udinese and Lazio. If the glass is always half empty it will be difficult to fill it without believing and trying. The fans and the city deserve it, just as the world does not deserve to witness yet another absurd geopolitical war of power. Finding peace right away is another undertaking.

0 weekly review

  • 24 Febbraio 2022
  • Stefano Sale
  • · AS Roma Corner

Restart from a new project. Mid-caliber players to support youngsters. Lower the mound. Take a coach-trainer to teach football. Reset everything to remake a team from the Europa League area for the next few years. In short, Roma should undertake the Sassuolo model to try to become the new Atalanta in three or four years. Basically what we had already tried to do at the time with some coach who has passed through these shores, which ended with the usual failure. This is what is being trumpeted in the Roman media today just to attack Josè Mourinho. Roma are not a provincial team, even if they are on the pitch now.

Roma already has a three-year project which is another one, to raise the level of competitiveness in three years. The truth is that many in this team have already pulled the plug knowing that next year they will go elsewhere. As happens every year in February. They don’t run, they play with little concentration and a lot of superficiality. They do not follow. The new arrivals were also sucked into the chaos. Those two kids made them blush with shame. Volpato and Bove are proof that they follow the coach, they enter the field concentrated with another attitude, desire and determination. Twenty minutes of competitive fury in spite of those who earn a hundred times more, those who walk, go to the disco or are interested only in posting stories on social media.

It’s a championship that has been waiting for you, so many great lost chances wasted. You win the crazy game versus Juve, beat Genoa, and there you are in 4th place. But here we are, regardless of how it turns out, in June we will see the change. Mourinho does not have the magic wand but he came to try to do this, in the meantime to bring Roma “mentally” to the next level. Mou doesn’t have unlimited credit, he has three years. Most of the fans understood this. Taking the likes of Dionisi, De Zerbi or Italiano leads you to see maybe some good games, beat the odd top team, but then you always remain there in sixth, seventh place. Watched and seen before. The ambition is another, here there is a hunger to compete, perhaps lift a trophy, so if I really have to wait, I’ll do it with Josè Mourinho. Our only hope. Forza Roma.

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