45 minutes, that’s how long took Roma to wrap up the match against Udinese. Another game won based on clear superiority from the start as seen against Verona and Benevento. More goals by Edin Dzeko and El Sharaawy. More changes in the team rotation, but the end product is the same. Diego Perotti continues to show brilliance on the flank, despite missing the penalty that could have put Roma 4-0 up. He’s first penalty ever missed since at Roma. Edin Dzeko numbers are staggering: 22 goals in the last 22 games. 55 goals in 2 seasons. Encouraging performances and numbers in spite of Juve and Napoli continuing their unbeaten run.
Roma have so far emphatically won their games, nevermind the initial Inter set back. Juve and Napoli have shown resilience but nonetheless this Roma team can challenge anyone. Of course, tougher tests ahead will tell the real story but so far we can only be pleased by Eusebio Di Francesco’s work. As far as we are concerned, we do not miss Luciano Spalletti, apart from the work on the pitch, EDF is always straight to the point, no strange attitude and quite elegant on how he communicates to his players and the media. He knows what he wants. He makes sure all his players feel important, no one is assured a place, anyone can enter the field anytime, all equally. Even at Inter, Spalletti keeps showing that he only considers a number of players, if you don’t fit the bill you might stay on the bench all season. Unlike Spalletti, EDF rotates well his players and uses his subs in a relevant way, not with 5 minutes to go. So, long live Eusebio, forget about the press calling for silly arguments. This team has potentials, we just need to behind them. Qarabag on Wednesday then Milan on Sunday. Daje Roma!