Roma-Juve 1-1. Bayer. You need COGLIONI, but the reward is making history.

FirsTotti of all, I have to congratulate Juve, who hadn't played very well in the last few games, and on Sunday they put us in great difficulty at the Olimpico. We played well too. We both had great opportunities. We could have won it and we could have lost it. In the end the draw is fair. We took the lead through Lukaku and were equalized by Bremer from a corner. Good performance from Baldanzi who is also a good asset in Leverkusen. I also saw Zalewski recovering. Ndicka, Paredes, Cristante, Pellegrini and Azmoun also did well.

If Juve is a very different team from Bayer in terms of characteristics (Juve often plays on the counterattack, does little pressing and was lethal on corners. Bayer possesses, presses and dominates the pitch in general), it was a very training challenge for Thursday.

35a giornata	First Half	Seccondo Tempo	Final Score
	1	0	1
	1	0	1

I have few suggests to give behind the prematch e al postmatch dell’andata e forse potrebbe essere utile anche il prepartita dell’andata dello scorso anno, if only for the cultural insight into Germany. There are mainly three pieces of advice.

1) We will have to do the defensive phase well. In defense, if the center forward was not Boniface or Schick, but for example Adli, we often will not have to follow the attacker, but maintain our positions. Especially the center defense will have to be covered.

2) The key to the second leg, as was the key to the first leg, is our construction against their pressing. We need a great game from Leandro, who must be our first point of reference, but also from Bryan and Lorenzo. Paulo must not feel the need to return to help, but he will have to be important particularly in the attacking phase. The midfield must also work well to recover the ball.

3) We will have to show COGLIONI (BALLS). Personality. Many fans wanted rotation in the trip to Leverkusen. Many Roma fans canceled the trip to Leverkusen after the first leg. These are Romanists without balls. Instead, those who will be in the away section, those who have pushed since the pre-match against Juve to go to Leverkusen to overturn it are TRUE ROMANS. They proved that we have COGLIONI. I too find myself here writing angrily about this match, vulnerable to the Lazio supporters shit-storms. Yet I am here to support you. I'm showing courage. The players who take the field will also have to demonstrate it.

Daniele certainly has balls. Daniele is the one who said after Roma-Barcelona 3-0 that we must be proud of being Romanists even when we lose 7-1. We have the opportunity to write a page of history. The most difficult page of history. The most difficult comeback. The brightest page in Roma's history.

The match plan will require us to take the lead, but even if they score, we shouldn't be discouraged. We will have to aim to reach the end of the first half with the lead. Then, if we do point 1 and point 2 well, the second goal gap will also arrive.

Courage is needed for serious political Europe. It is needed for the European people to be part of a great political and economic superpower capable of dealing as equals with the great world superpowers, primarily the USA and China. It is useful for candidate countries or countries that want to apply to fight inflation.

Having Turkey join the EU is an act of political courage but it would make the EU a serious interlocutor throughout the Middle East, according to the vision of Spinelli, Colorni and Rossi of Europe as a beacon for peace, without prejudice to the fact that Turkey must make enormous progress in terms of democracy, freedom for the politically persecuted, freedom of opinion in general and on the Kurdish question.

It is therefore useful for the world people to illuminate the world of democracy and peace. Think for example of the courage of the Georgian people. Europe is the symbol of freedom and democracy for them. And, finally, perhaps I am a deluded dreamer, but I cherish the dream that in the future Russia will also be part of the European family, which culturally, precisely in terms of literature, belongs to Europe. Think for example of Dostoevskji and Tolstoy.

These political struggles and this match can signify a page of history. The brightest history page of politics. The brightest history page of the great, noble history of Roma. Forza Roma!

Giordano Sepi