Sevilla - Roma 2-0

We are all guilty. Often wrong passages: either in the dosage of strength or in the direction. Wrong choices both in the offensive and in the defensive phase. We have often refused better shots for assists for more difficult shots.

On Reguilon's first goal, Brunetto misses [he went into trouble both on Reguilon and on Ocampos (I hadn't expected the side strikers to play so wide)], Ibanez misses, but above all Pau Lopez gets overtaken too easily. Perhaps paradoxically we had too much confidence and underestimated the opponent who is and will be a contender for the final victory. There is too much confidence even in Ibanez's mistake in the second goal, when he slides as the last man on Ocampos, missing the ball. In these cases you have to wait because you risk leaving the opponent free. In attack we did not do better. Sevilla won in all aspects: psychophysical, tactical and in all sectors.

We never managed to go on the break except in the first few minutes. We had to throw long on Dzeko. Instead, often playing ball on the ground, clean balls in attack didn't arrived. The wrong attitude is also Fonseca's fault. You cannot always subdue your opponent, but you can also win with two dirty counterattacks. Humility is not shown only by apologizing after the defeats, but also by respecting the characteristics of the opponent. It can happen to face opponents with more technical quality.

The new owners (Dan and Ryan Friedkin) mean new enthusiasm for most Romanists. The season was insufficient. We have missed all the opportunities to make the qualitative leap. This was the last chance and we got it dramatically wrong, but not for this "It's all to be redone" as Bartali said. For the next season, the team (for the most part) and the coaching staff must be confirmed and must learn from this year's mistakes, in order to make them responsible. We have to preserve the team structure, oiling the tactical and human mechanisms, adding two or three missing players [for example as a right back or right winger more defensive than Bruno Peres, a midfielder and a defender (Smalling would be fine) especially good in the defensive phase]. Let us remember that we are talking about people, not robots, when the structure of a team and a technical staff is preserved, tactical understandings, group dynamics and human relationships are preserved. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi