Up there it's cold but it's our destiny. Como. Celtic-Roma 0-3.
It's written in Roma's DNA that it must be at the top, just as it's written in Europe's DNA that it must be able to speak on equal terms with the great continental powers like Russia, the USA, India, and China. There is no other way.
In the last few days, some very embarrassing news has come out for Donald Trump. Epstein, when he saw that Trump was becoming president of the USA, tried contacts with Russia. It's likely that Russia knows a lot about the relationship between Trump and Epstein, which is a very powerful blackmail weapon against the US. If we make these deductions, the US's stance in favor of Russia in the peace negotiations in Ukraine also seems very natural. But Europe must not participate in this game.
Europe can no longer postpone its responsibility as a major continental power at the economic, political, and military levels. Always with the utmost respect for its interlocutors at this new level, but also demanding respect. It takes a lot of courage. It's tough to stay up there. But it wouldn't be a bluff. Europe has good cards to play at the most important table in the world. The alternative is disintegration and therefore being subservient to these great powers with the risk of suffering obvious abuses, as they are already attempting to do. If we want, we can invoke Giambattista Vico: with the ebb and flow of history, the world is moving from the period of poleis from the Greeks to the great empires, from the period of the Italian communes to that of the lordships. Whoever is not ready will become a slave.
Europe must sit at the peace negotiating table and demand serious guarantees for Ukraine, protecting it from future Russian invasions. Either by hook or by crook. There is no other way. The alternative is for Russia, in addition to invading Ukraine again, to also target the Baltic states and Eastern European countries, according to the concept of nostalgia for the USSR's sphere of influence that Putin has already mentioned in the past.
Likewise, Roma doesn't represent just any city. It's not a club like all the others. It represents the best values and principles the world has conceived: democracy, peace, respect for all religions and cultures, and therefore cultural, architectural, artistic, and literary evolution, and the equality of all citizens before laws agreed upon by the powerful and representatives of the weak.
This is why Roma must remain at the top of the table in Europe and in Italy. It's difficult. It means that every point is vital. Every match is vital.
Now we will host a strong team like Como, which has several top-class players such as Nico Paz, Diego Carlos, Jesus Rodriguez, Diao, and Morata.
Their favorite tactic is to keep possession on the ground to draw the opponent out with high pressing and then pass long either to the attackers or even to a midfielder or full-backs in the attacking phase.
Nico Paz is the most talented striker, primarily left-footed. But all the forwards are strong. The wingers are inverted-footed. Addai (or Diao), the right winger, is left-footed and inclined to move inside. Jesús Rodriguez, the left winger, also tends to move inside. Douvikas and Morata are two box-to-box beasts.
The full-backs and the central defender, Ramòn, can also be added to the attackers.
We're coming into the tough match against Como after a good win in Glasgow. We dominated the first half. Celtic have serious shortcomings. Their central defender, Scales, scored an own goal following a corner. Ferguson was the man of the match with a brace. But that was possible because our wing play worked, including on our left flank with El Sha and Rensch.
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Being among the top teams in Serie A and participating in the elite of the world's most important nations is a difficult game, requiring engagement and courage, but it is written in the destiny of Rome, which with the Roman Empire conceived the best values of the Western world, and of Europe, which must be a driving force of peace and rights in the world and demand respect from its interlocutors.
Daje Roma!
Giordano Sepi