Bayer-Roma 4-2 (aggregate). Atalanta. Harmful victimhood.

If there is one regret, it is for having played the first leg openly, thus seriously jeopardizing qualification for the final. They were stronger and deserved it. For us, however, it seemed like the day of destiny. Everything was going well. All episodes in favour. Great match from Svilar. Roma moved up 0-2 with two penalties from the great Paredes. And then fate seems to tease us with that fatal and cursed deviation by Mancini.

However, I don't want to fall into Roma victimhood. We made some big mistakes yesterday too. DDR could have put Celik in place of the injured Spina. After our miraculous 0-2, we dropped too low without ever leaving the area. With the ball always in our area, it was natural that their goal would arrive. Maybe it wasn't the case to remove Lorenzo or at most he could have been replaced with Dybala, maintaining that quality useful for getting out of the defense.

But overall our Coach's game plan was right. Every now and then, Daniele makes mistakes like the much more famous Mourinho did, but he is growing like we are growing. It is foreseeable that he will make mistakes again just as the players will make mistakes. He is part of the growth journey. But the future of DDR like the future of Roma will be bright.

They had many great opportunities. They deserved it. Putting it on the bad Romanist is irrational and harmful in the long term because it avoids studying the mistakes so as not to make them again. Then comes Stanisic's goal to confirm Bayer's unbeaten record. Of course I'm sorry. But qualification was already jeopardized in the first leg.

Semifinal	First Leg	Second Leg	Final Score
	2	2	4
	0	2	2

The comments of the Lazio fans also on Sangue e Oro demonstrate that being a Lazio supporterer means going against Roma before supporting your own team. It is a situation due to the historical subordination of Lazio at least since the 1980s, except for the Cragnotti period.

Romanists would be wrong to consider this defeat according to fatalism and metaphysics. As I explained, there are rational reasons for the elimination. Indeed, if there is one behavior that brings us bad luck, it is Roma's victimhood.

Indeed, for me, Gianluca Mancini must be renewed the following day. Great fighter. Which often decided direct clashes. He deserves the support of the fans and the club in this difficult time.

Currently Roma together with Inter are the first Italians in the European ranking, the result of four years of semi-finals, two finals and a Conference victory. If we go to the Europa League, we will be among the major favourites, also considering that we will no longer be relegated from the Champions League , if we go to the Champions League, we will be able to strongly strengthen the squad and my feeling is that we will make an excellent progress. I do not exclude a priori, given the great European experience, that we could also surprise the great and noble clubs of the Champions League.

Just as we talked about Romanist victimhood, in politics I feel like talking about the victimhood of pro-Israelis who throw accusations of anti-Semitism in all directions as soon as they try to criticize Israel. I deliberately spoke of pro-Israelis and not of Jews, given that many Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, are in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Orthodox Jews do not recognize present-day Israel. According to the ancient Scriptures, Israel will be established by the Messiah and will spread peace throughout the world. This doesn't seem to be the case to me. Paradoxically true Jews, most Orthodox Jews say that the current Holy Land must go to the Palestinians.

But I don't want to get into theological controversy, I agree that Israel also exists in its profane form which does not reflect the Ancient Scriptures, but it is not right for it to massacre Gazans in this way. People around the world must reason with their leaders about putting more pressure on the government of Israel not to continue the massacre. This doesn't strike me as anti-Semitism.

If any way to express one's dissent towards the far-right (let's remember) Israeli government and the massacre it is conducting in Gaza is considered anti-Semitism, one ends up accrediting anti-Semitism to a sense of humanity that in the last century under the guise of Nazi-fascism first and then in the guise of Holocaust denial was abominable. An accusation that was defamatory becomes an empty accusation.

Gasp's Atalanta is a perfect machine. I saw it against Verona who are a good team and I understood that the victory at Anfield against the great Liverpool and the fact that they will play the final of the UEL and the Italian Cup is not a coincidence. I will have counted 5 chances in addition to the 2 goals in the first half. The match against Verona was a draw, which shows that they are certainly not unbeatable. In construction they are pressured to find the opposing team too unbalanced. They can lower the midfielders (Ederson and Pasalic) between the central defenders.

They develop the game quickly, with just a few touches. They can attack centrally with Scamacca who lowers himself, also attracting the marker into their half of the pitch, who can then free Ederson or Pasalic who enter and appear in front of the opposing goalkeeper. Here Ederson will go on to score against Verona.

In this case, our central defender doesn't have to follow Scamacca, but we also have to be careful about these fucking insertions. Against the defensive phase they attack mainly from their right with Holm (or Zappacosta) and De Ketelaere. The game then develops with the cross (even low, in tow) for Scamacca, Koopmeiners, Ruggeri, but also towards one of the two midfielders in an advanced phase.

The Gazzetta foresees a great rotation for the match against us, which is a real play-off for the Champions League. I tend to believe him because Atalanta will have to play in the Italian Cup and Europa League finals. Faced with these important events, it is normal to put the championship on the back burner.

Secondly, Gasp also has enormous faith in these players (very good for me too). Due to the importance of the match and because they are valid players, they will have to be faced to the maximum. Pay particular attention to their right wing with Hateboer, but their left flank with Bakker, who we faced last year because he played for Bayer, should not be overlooked.

In attack, we will have to watch out for Miranchuk's outside shot and Lookman and Touré's dribbling.

We therefore analyzed Roma's victimization after the BayArena and that of pro-Israelis and we saw how it is mainly harmful to those who practice it. We will have to recharge our batteries and go to the Gewiss Stadium with the aim of bringing home the entire prize. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi