A necessary condition for success is to have a strategy. Como. Bologna-Rome 1-1.
Football matches do not start with the kickoff but weeks earlier with the deep study by match analysts of the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. In my own way, I do it too, even if in a very superficial and basic manner. Sometimes, despite the danger being anticipated, we cannot prevent it, as happened in Bologna with Rowe and Bernardeschi and as could happen on Sunday if we are not careful with Jesus Rodriguez and Nico Paz.
Predicting the future and acting according to the consequences that our actions trigger is called strategy, and it is also the duty of politics. Unfortunately, lately, the politics of the most important country in the world, the USA, is not dictated by a strategy aware of the consequences but by improvisation. As if a poker player kept raising endlessly. At a certain point, the other players start to doubt that raising the stakes is meant to win a big pot, but that it is all a bluff: the only strategy is to make the others fold, and the opponents go to check. In this way, the USA is leading the world increasingly into a disastrous situation.
Allo stesso modo io non bluffo quando scrivo i miei articoli ma presento la realtà degli avversari (anche se in modo superficiale rispetto ai veri match-analyst), portando anche immagini. E’ necessario sicuramente ai tifosi per capire meglio la partita. Si crea così un rapporto di fiducia tra scrittore e lettore, in cui il lettore sa che il mio articolo non è basato su sensazioni, ma su analisi razionali, seppur elementari. Così ho fatto con il Como.
They are very dangerous on their left with Jesus Rodriguez. Mancini must be helped by Celik on this attacker.
The greatest danger will come from the central attacking midfielder, Nico Paz, left-footed, very good when starting from the right to shoot with his left. Similarly, the greatest danger in Thursday's match was Bernardeschi. It was crucial to avoid the left-footed shot, especially curling. Unfortunately, that is how Bologna's goal came. We had predicted it, just as I predict the danger of Nico Paz, who must be man-marked.
As an impartial fan, the Bologna match was a good game. Both teams played well. At full strength, we would probably have been heavily favored, but with so many absences, particularly Dybala, Koné, Soulè, Hermoso, and Mancini (suspended), a draw is acceptable.
| First Leg Round of 16 UEL | First Half | Second Half | Final Score | Scorers |
 | 50’Bernardeschi | |||
 | 71’Pellegrini |
Strategy is only one part of achieving success. In football, you also need talent, a good coach, luck, favorable referee decisions, few injuries (at least not to key players), and a thousand other pieces of the puzzle. For example, for Roma it is essential to recover injured players (particularly Dybala, Koné, and Soulé).
In football and in politics, having a plan is a necessary condition. If the strategy is based on wrong forecasts, it is not shameful to go back on certain decisions. This will bring criticism, but the club will save the season and the political leader will save their country, in the case of the USA the whole world, from disaster.
Daje Roma!
Giordano Sepi