Roma – Cagliari 3-2

It was a battle as the result also says, in which Roma dominated and deserved the victory for most of the time, but then they also had long mental pauses, which a team that wants to win must absolutely avoid.

After 11 minutes, Roma took the lead. Mkhi launch for Riccardo Karsdorp on the right wing, downhill and cross, Gonzalito's heel, as Impallomeni, Roma TV journalist calls him, Villar and Giordano Veretout's goal. 1-0. Then Cragno denies several scoring chances against Roma. Cragno always says no. He says no to Cristante. To Kumbulla. And twice to Pedrito, with whom he wins the duel.

After Pedro's second mistake, Roma have an inexplicable blackout moment. The blockade is long enough and very devastating for us. We are not able to build against the Sardinian rossoblu pressing, which scare us as the mamuthones frightened me as a child. Cagliari takes a crossbar and then draws with a beautiful goal from Joao Pedro. 1-1.

Roma is still shaken. The question arises: who are we attacking with given Spinazzola's absence? But Riccardo responds present and offers a beautiful assist to Dzeko who scores 2-1 with an empty net. Roma takes courage. She continues to attack and the 3-1 goal arrives with a corner kick hit by Smalling and then farted by Mancini. Another unexpected yoga moment in which we ask ourselves questions about impractical existence in a football field. Villar lands Joao Pedro who then transforms 3-2. But there is no more time. Roma takes home the porceddu of 3 points.

After wishing you a Merry Christmas on Facebook and Twitter, let me wish a Happy New Year to all Blood and Gold. We must look above in order not to suffer from "vertigo". We have to look up to not give ourselves alibis. We absolutely must avoid these existential crises, perhaps due to the proximity to Christmas. Anyway, we must not be too full of belly when returning to the field, when we play on my birthday with Sampdoria. We are -7 from Milan and -6 from Inter. In this last period we have had 6 wins 1 draw and 3 losses, which is a good walk. We must aim for 40 points in the first leg, which would be 4 wins and 1 draw (41 if they give us the Verona point rightly). Possible goal. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi