Roma-Athletic Bilbao 2-1. Empoli. In extremis.

Victory in the last second of injury time, but overall my opinion on the performance was already positive. Roma faced a noble club (never relegated to La Liga like only Barcelona and Real Madrid), a strong team like Athletic Bilbao.

Roma dominated for long stretches in the first and second half, always with concentration also on the defensive phase, given the quality of the opponent. They then took the lead from a corner with Inaki Williams, but we at that moment stepped up a gear. The goal arrived from the always magical Angelino, the red card for Yaray Alvarez and the happy ending of a match that seemed like a novel with Eldor finding the corner on the far post.

As it was right to distance oneself from a banner of a fascist song, it is now right for me to compliment the Romanisti. The idea was born from organized support, but the production was mostly by many Romanisti families. The result is that show with tens of thousands of flags with the precise choice of the right shades. Pompeian red and ochre yellow. Blood and Gold. The show was perfect. The team could not help but win.

First Leg Round of 16 UEL	First Half	Second Half	Final Score
	0	2	2
	0	1	1

Now we will go to Empoli against a small Serie A team that has played many tricks on the big teams and reached the semi-final of the Coppa Italia, eliminating Fiorentina and Juve away on penalties. Maximum attention.

In the defensive phase, the wingers act as sixths in defence.

The playmaker is Grassi, but Henderson is also good in the construction phase.

Just as Roma won in extremis on Thursday, Europe is also equipping itself with a unitary coordination at the last moment, with the USA no longer guaranteeing their paternal cover.

But if we want to take this step, we must be peremptory. 1) Exclude Hungary from Europe, which makes no sense because it does not share our values ​​of democracy and freedom. 2) Remove the totem of unanimity in decisions to be quicker in acting in crisis situations, as in this case. 3) Begin and quickly finish a path for which there are no 26 disconnected armies, but a single European army, financed with the common European debt (and therefore begin to speak seriously also of European taxation) and in this way rationalize and reduce military spending.

Roma’s victory came at the last gasp. The coordination of European defense came at a time of emergency. But the construction behind both events was long, studied and laborious. Now Roma will go to Empoli and Europe must chisel out this work of the Unitary Defense. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi