Roma-Eintracht 2-0. Napoli. Simplicity is very difficult.

Ranieri's new Roma seems to win naturally. With simplicity. Yet these victories are the result of great work, great character and a lot of technical quality. Football, like politics, is not a simple fact. It requires study. It requires complex solutions to complex problems.

Great match against a strong opponent. Roma won in two different ways: in the first half they put the Germans under pressure, in the second they defended and counterattacked. We play in a simple way. The fact is that yesterday there were 3 world champions: Hummels, Paredes and Dybala who know how to play these games without tomorrow.

Angelino was the best on the pitch. He was excellent at putting Gianluca Mancini's perfect cross into the net. Pellegrini, Saelemaekers, Koné, Ndicka, Soulé (who provided the assist for the second goal) and Shomu (who provided the second goal) also did well.

8th Matchday UEL	First Half	Second Half	Final Score
	1	1	2
	0	0	0

“We have world champions in our team who in these games give everyone else a boost”. This is Claudio Ranieri’s opinion, who then said in the transfer market that we will keep Shomurodov, who was excellent in the last two games, and would also like to keep Paredes.

Cristante is an excellent midfielder. Casemiro, who Roma would replace Paredes with, is also an international midfielder, but I don't know if they are capable of making those 40-meter throws that Leandro does and above all if they are capable of keeping the team on the line between concentration and courage in order to perform at their best.

In the playoffs we will face a noble of world football like FC Porto. It is a very difficult double clash, but we have found the right tactical solutions and we will have the return at the Olimpico. Now, however, the head must be on Napoli.

When Sarri coached Napoli, many were surprised by the simplicity combined with effectiveness. Napoli played very simply and always won. When they told this to the Tuscan coach, philosopher, banker, he replied, “Playing simply is the most difficult thing in the world.”

In fact, to play as simple as it seemed to the spectators, Napoli combined class, technique and quality. With the keys to the midfield in the hands of the reliable Jorginho. An intelligent midfielder. Who found a legitimate heir in Lobotka.

As in football, if at a superficial reading it seemed that Napoli played in a simple way and instead it was a very complex method of play, so in economic policy: complex problems cannot have simple solutions, but complexity is also needed in the response.

rump has promised to lower taxes and cover the lack of taxes in the state budget with duties on foreign products. The problem is that the US is emerging from a period of very high inflation that has led the Federal Reserve to raise rates, which Trump does not like. If Trump imposes duties on foreign products, inflation rises and consequently the Federal Reserve cannot lower rates: you cannot have your cake and eat it.

t is a simple reasoning but it involves difficult concepts: the subject of university study. Unfortunately, many Trump voters believed that they would no longer pay taxes because Donald was imposing duties on foreign products. In economics, they say: the sum is always zero. If the American no longer pays duties, he will pay the same, if not more, in internal inflation.

The problem is that Trump's many friends were so busy kissing his ass, that they didn't have time to explain this complex/simple truth to him. Now Bessent, Minister of the Treasury and great economist, should explain it to him.

Likewise, if at first glance it seems like a war between Tutsis and Hutus in Congo, in reality the motivations are much more complex and, in some respects, shameful. The Congolese are not dying to denounce corruption, or because their Tutsi grandfather was killed by a Hutu, but because we Westerners can have the latest model of cell phone at a cheaper price.

The problem is in fact the coltan mines which is a mineral that is used for the chips of our cell phones and various electronic devices. So if we really want peace in Congo because we are sincerely pacifists, the two most powerful people in the world, who declare themselves to be so pacifists, namely Donald and Xi Jinping must put around the same table Tshisekedi, president of Congo, and Kagame, president of Rwanda, something that noble Kenya is trying to do.

I then spoke about Napoli, with reference to Sarri. Conte's Napoli is also a winning team, which this year can aspire to win the championship. It has retained a certain aptitude for possession that is historic in the Napoli of the 21st century (Sarri and Spalletti above all), but it has more propensity for direct attack as its current, great coach Antonio Conte wants.

Napoli plays with 433 with a lot of intensity: pressing and obsession for domination.

We risk high pressing, forcing them to throw long, then in this situation it is essential that Matts wins the duel with Romelu. Also watch out for second balls. Situation in which they are very good with the mezzale: McTominay and Anguissa.

If Lukaku has any problems getting the team to press. He is very strong on the counterattack and good in the air in the box.

The striker in the best form is the right striker, David Neres, formally left-footed, so in theory with the attitude of going towards the center to free the left foot, but in reality he also shoots hard and well with his right foot. He can also play as a left winger. In this case he will tend not to move inside but to go long on the wing to cross with his left foot.

We are halfway through a terrible week. After Eitracht, we have Napoli and then we will have Milan at San Siro, a bit like, at the beginning of Ranieri's adventure, we faced Napoli, Tottenham and Atalanta. With poor results, but we arrive at this challenge with very different assumptions. With a well-oiled game. Simple at first glance. But in reality it requires a lot of commitment. As commitment and intelligence we require for theeconomic problems of the USA and peace in Congo. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi