Udinese-Roma 1-1 (suspended). Milan. The most important principle of humanity: life. Open-mindedness, courage and intelligence mean life.

With our head into the quarterfinals, we face the match in Udine with many reservations, always welcomed by the Friulian Bianconeri. The spring air, the heat due to climate change brings that sense of pennichella who envelops Hujsen while he should easily control the ball as the last man, but while he purrs happily, the sluggish El Tucu Pereyra pounces on him and then has an easy game on Svilar. 1-0. In general, the sense of april sweet sleep it is characteristic of all of Roma in the first half that they manage to create very little. A good shot from Baldanzi and little else.

In the second half, Roma went from the mainly defensive 352 to the offensive 4231, inserting Karsdorp as right back and Paulo Dybala, our most beautiful jewel, as central attacking midfielder. Let's play better. Let's create a couple of opportunities. Then comes Lukaku's goal from an excellent cross from Cristante. 1-1. Roma are about to overtake, but Evan N'dicka, the Roma central defender, collapses to the ground. He has a pain in his chest. He could be having a heart attack.

Always polite, correct, great defensive talent, Evan falls to the ground. Immediately everyone realizes that it is not a muscle pain. The climate becomes excited. The stretcher enters. The player will at least be replaced. At this point Pairetto, Cioffi and DDR, all the people of Udine and all the Roma supporters give us a huge lesson. The match is suspended. There are more important things.

On the eve of the return with Milan, my thoughts fly to Stefano Rossonero, who I had already spoken about, who has been fighting and winning against cancer for years and is still fighting day by day. For a moment all our problems seem insignificant. There are more important things. Roma and Milan are just a background. Everything loses meaning. The most important principle of humanity is life. Then on Thursday he will support Milan and I will support Roma, but together we will pray for his life and for Evan's life.

And it is time that politicians also realize that the most important value of humanity is life. The life of an Israeli, an Iranian, a Palestinian, a Ukrainian or a Russian. Military and even more so civilian. And these statesmen. These fathers of all. They must first of all know how to protect life. The life of his own men and also the life of men from other countries, like a father who also looks at other people's children does.

Yesterday, hearing the words of Israel's UN representative, I realized a reality. Politicians who want war press the fear button. Fear is the engine of war and death. Murder is often an excess of self-defense. When it is for money or for the sense of possession of some men over women, for fear of losing their well-being.

Israel is afraid too. And fear leads it to cause massacres like in Gaza, to kill innocents and children. Even ISIS is afraid. Fear of disappearing from history. Fear of a free lifestyle. But ISIS and Netanyahu also have another characteristic. They are ignorant. They had and have no other way to maintain their power than to kill. Even women and children.

The same can be said for the power circle of the Kremlin and Tehran. The Kremlin did not need to invade Ukraine to extend their power, influencing the West. They still have friendly parties in the major European democracies and also in the USA. Russian culture is essentially European culture, as the good philosopher Massimo Cacciari says. Without deaths, they could conquer the world politically and culturally. And they could still do so if they did not put their friendly parties in Europe and the USA in a difficult situation with their threats to Europe and NATO.

Evil is not the basis of wars, massacres, murders. A bad and intelligent man does not need to kill to achieve his goals. Indeed, basically, as the first Joker teaches, a flag of Milan's Curva Sud, for a long time a symbol of the devil, even a basic serial killer is a good person. So how can we avoid World War III at this time when we are rolling deeper and deeper into it? We need open-mindedness, intelligence and courage.

Intelligence is needed to choose dialogue, to face negotiation as a good and intelligent man has been asking for for a long time by Pope Francis, just as the Jesuits are often intelligent. You need the courage to show yourself. To go and talk around a table, so dear to the Pinguini Tattici Nucleari. Area of conviviality and peace. The open-mindedness to confront one's own requests, one's strengths and one's weaknesses. Without hiding anything.

There are positive signs. Biden and the US have decided not to support an Israeli counteroffensive. After Saturday's bombing, Iran said it was satisfied and stopped. There is a current in the Kremlin and I think one in Kyiv that are working for a peace agreement. The Israeli people want Netanyahu to resign. There is hope. It is the Picasso's Guernica candle in the chaos of wars, closed-mindedness, fear and ignorance.

Never fear as that great Milanese journalist (but from the Nerazzurri side) and great partisan like Gianni Brera said. Playing openly without defending the small advantage acquired at San Siro. To win, relying on your people. So Tehran must rely on the Iranian people who want peace. So Netanyahu must rely on the Israeli people who want peace. Thus the Kremlin must rely on the Russian people who want peace. So Zelensky must rely on the Ukrainian people who want peace. So our favorites have to rely on the Olimpico who want to go to the semi-finals.

Gianni Brera was a great admirer of defense and counterattacking. Courage is fine, but it doesn't have to be arrogance. It doesn't have to be unconsciousness. Roma will have to do the defensive phase well, as they have always done, and then start on the counterattack. We will have to have the intelligence to not limit ourselves to the defensive phase and do possession in their half of the pitch, but at the same time we must not allow counterattacks. We pass with 2 out of 3 results.

Tattically, the prematch of last Thursday is pretty good. The only addition to the formation in the image could be Tomori as a central defender. Milan is a very strong team. It must be addressed to the fullest. With maximum courage and concentration. Tactically, it will be important to win the match in midfield with Leandro, Edoardo and Lorenzo. Mentally, we must not think too much about the goal difference, which is too small a difference, but play as we know how.

Evan is out of any danger of a heart attack. He only suffered a bad blow to the chest, which caused trauma. We will have to win to celebrate with him. Winning this match is not the most important value. The most important value is life as Pairetto, Cioffi, DDR and the entire Dacia Arena taught us. But going to the semi-finals will make our life happier. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi