Roma-Venezia 2-1. Elfsborg. L’insegnamento di Olof Palme: se è giusto, devi prendere posizioni forti.

We are in a dark period for history and a difficult moment for Roma. The crisis in the Middle East has no solutions at the moment. Roma is not playing well yet. That is why we must rely on the ideas of strong men like Olof Palme and Ivan Juric.

Every Roma game is a novel and often it doesn't end well. Credit to the opponents, like Venezia, well coached by DiFra, who came to Rome bold, but also to our demerit. There was the "What the fuck!" moment with Pohjanpalo who gave Venezia the lead. There were whistles at the end of the first half. And the rebirth of the yellow and red phoenix. With Cristante's goal deflected maliciously by Busio (asshole!) and Pisilli's goal on a corner by Paredes. The fairy tale, which we now know, of the Roman and Roma fan boy who reaches glory at the Olimpico.

6th Matchday Serie A	First Half	Second Half	Final Score
	0	2	2
	1	0	1

Roma dominated in the first half too, but then the feeling was of a sterile domination with the best chances being those of the black-green-orange Venetians. When the opposing defenses are stabilized in the defensive phase, we have difficulty finding the solution in the last 30 meters. The defensive phase also suffered too much from Venezia. Credit to DiFra and the opponents, but it is categorical for us to improve.

We have pulled ourselves out of the quicksand of relegation, but now with the strength of Juric's ideas, we must continue to grind out points starting with the next opponent in the Europa League: Elfsborg, fifth in the Swedish championship.

We will then go to Sweden, the homeland of the most famous protagonist of the scandinavian socialdemocracy: the much-regreted Olof Palme. In addition to his policies to spread well-being in Sweden, Olof was an important player in various international scenarios, often in contrast with the laziness or even the political action of Western allies and with definitive victories even posthumously. Olof died in 1986. Currently it is still not known who killed him, but serious shadows are cast on the historical allies of Sweden who were contradicted by this hero of our times.

He didn’t have time to see Pinochet deposed in Chile, against whom he fought. He didn’t have time to see the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela win in South Africa, whom he supported. Dear Olof, we are still waiting for peace in the Middle East, a great political battle of yours that we Romanists make our own.

The killing of Nasrallah by Israel changes the scenario. Nasrallah was not a holy man. He was a man who unscrupulously used rockets and missiles indiscriminately on Israeli civilians. Then in reading the character, we must remember that he played a fundamental role in the defeat of the so-called Islamic state and, at the time, taking a strong stance in the Islamic world against the so-called caliphate was not so obvious.

If Netanyahu had reacted directly like this, without massacring children and women in Gaza, I would have had little to complain about. The reactions at high levels in the Shiite world are much more scandalized by the killing of powerful people than of women and children. In this situation, the game now foresees the reaction of Iran, but it cannot because it is weaker than Israel militarily and with weak consensus, internally, among its people.

This change in Israel’s strategy (killing the leaders and not the poor people) is a breaking point in the Middle East. In particular, Israel must now act intelligently. It would be wrong to bomb Tehran or, as Pejman Abdolmohammadi, researcher at the Italian Institute of International Political Studies (ISPI) and associate professor at the University of Trento, said on Sky TG 24, to bomb nuclear power plants. It would lead public opinion to side with the Regime, while now Israel has the match point to overthrow the Iranian regime, perhaps by helping the clandestine opposition as Palme did, and a little, my father, in Chile and South Africa.

Sometimes you have to take a strong stand like Olof Palme did, like I take a strong stand next to Ivan Juric who will now lead us at Elfsborg. Consequently, let's move on to Elfsborg's tactics.

Former Palermo player, the young Elfsborg coach, Hijemark fields the 343 which, as per the tradition of Nordic teams, makes long throws and plays very short even in the defensive phase with the 523 or the 541. Former Palermo player, the young Elfsborg coach, Hijemark fields the 343 which, as per the tradition of Nordic teams, makes long throws and plays very short even in the defensive phase with the 523 or the 541.

They do not disdain the ground game with Besfort Zeneli orchestrating, while the other midfielder, Ouma is better at recovering the ball and making insertions in the offensive phase.

Besfort or Arbor Zeneli take free kicks from crosses and corners. Arbor Zeneli, is deployed either as a left winger or a right winger, also with excellent ball control. Another very important player is Qasem, who can be deployed as a midfielder, perhaps further forward than Besfort Zeneli, or as a right winger or a left winger. He is completely left-footed, so from the left side he is drawn to assist, from the right side to move inside to shoot. The two wingers are particularly dangerous thanks to the passes from Baidoo, who plays as a centre forward, but is a midfielder.

They prefer long throws and second ball recovery. They are very dangerous on set pieces taken by Arbor and Besfort Zeneli for crosses. We must also be careful of Yegbe's long throws in, which are also very dangerous crosses.

We go to the homeland of Olof Palme who, like Ivan Juric, firmly pursued his ideas because he knew he was right. It is essential to bring home the 3 points. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi