Roma – Udinese 0-2

The reading of the game was wrong (I had foreseen pressing the opponent), but the picture of the situation was good with Udinese who waited behind us to give him the coup de grace. Instead it is Udinese that unlocks the game with the fast Lasagna (especially if marked by the slow Fazio). We do not press and mathematically slam against the defense of Udinese. In general, we underestimated the opponent (very serious mistake) and deployed a completely inadequate team. Perotti as central offensive midfielder always played on the left until his (right) expulsion which was the cornerstone on the match. Nestorovski's goal (always on the counterattack) in the last minutes was the right consequence. I felt betrayed by Diego who has played insufficient games for a long time, but I have always defended him. At this point, the hot reaction is that he only has to see the field in extra time of the Europa League to be deployed as a penalty taker.

Indecent. It is as if Roma reasoned like an oratory team (albeit strong) that in front of the poor team said "Give them a goal advantage" and then "Let's play with one less" and then in the end is not able to overturn the result punished by his own arrogance.

With Napoli Veretout and Pellegrini will return, especially the second gave the possibility to deploy Mkhi from the first minute today, but he too was insufficient today. The best of ours were Carles Perez, Smalling and Dzeko [when he entered (too late)], but the picture is catastrophic. Napoli awaits us in two days and we must not delude ourselves in today's defeat with Atalanta. Napoli is a team with great technical qualities and in good shape.

How to start again? It takes a shock. Condò is right when he says that we are the first post-Covid team in crisis. We need a retirement or at least an angry speech from Fonseca to the team. All is not lost. We can and must defend our position in the ranking. We can and must prepare the Europa League in the best possible way, which is a competition we can play to win. Provided that Rome is not yesterday's. Yesterday's team loss 4-0 with Sevilla. We must absolutely wake up and as soon as possible. We must field the fighting spirit that every competitor must have to win. Because I'm sure we are worth more than yesterday's performance. We are worth more. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi