Roma – Raja 5-0

This Rome has great personality. The management showed personality with the sale of Dzeko to Inter. But the fighting attitude is not just of the club, Mourinho brought this to the team, helped by the amalgamation cemented over time in our group. The battle attitude does not mean having no respect for the referee's authority. Personality also means intelligence. The right attitude also means going to spend more than 40 million for a 23-year-old young man like Tammy Abraham (Daje Tammy!). Roma showed personality yesterday too, imposing themselves on the Raja without fear and without possible doubts about the justice of the result: 5-0.

Roma led the game. She suffered a little too much in construction, but she was good at pressing. From Mancini's pressing and a good advance, Shomurodov's foil shot overtook the Moroccan goalkeeper. 1-0. From a free kick similar to a corner came Mancini's goal, excellent on these occasions and leader of this team. 2-0. For his seriousness, character and eyebrows, he is very reminiscent of Agostino Di Bartolomei. After several occasions where he came close to scoring, he also scored Mkhi with a header from Shomurodov's header. 3-0. Roma then changed many players but the quality on the pitch has always remained very high. Bravo Carles Perez who scores by going towards the center and shooting with the instep of his left foot. 4-0. And Borja closes thanks to a good assist from Bove (played attacking midfielder), but the Spaniard is good at dribbling the Raja defender and then beating the goalkeeper.

Diawara, Darboe and Bove are fine. They fared better than Veretout and Cristante in the construction against pressing. Bove was tried as an attacking midfielder and fared even better than as a midfielder. You probably need a median (or better 2) to improve build and filter, especially if we sell Diawara. Zalewski and Reynolds also played well. Calafiori and the new purchase Vina. Zaniolo has impressive physical strength.

The most striking aspect is the personality: the character of a great team. At one point, Smalling took a nasty blow and instead of asking for a change like he did with Fonseca, he stayed on the pitch. This battle attitude is the best way to win. This battle stance will also serve with Trabzonspor. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi