Bodø/Glimt-Roma 6-1 e Napoli.

We have been ashamed. Norwegians are like that. If they lose 6-0 in injury time, they play to win. If they can make you 12, they make you 12. If they can make you 6, they make you 6. On the other hand we had already tasted this type of vibrant competitive spirit with Manchester United and Bayern Munich and it is no coincidence that there are 2 other teams with a Protestant ethic.

Bodø / Glimt deserved to win and to win to this extent. Roma simply approached the game as if it were a slightly bizarre holiday. There is no excuse for synthetic, wind or cold. All bad. I can't save anyone. The only ones I'm proud of are the wonderful Roma fans who made sacrifices to go and see this fool on the northern edges of Europe. Those from Bodø are the vanguard of Roma supporters. They are the backbone of Rome. They are the ones from whom we have to start again.

I was wrong to talk about a large rotation to be done, but I don't want to dump the reserves like Mou did. I believe in Borja, Calafiori, Darboe, Diawara, Kumbulla and Reynolds also because many of them played quite well last season too. Even the usual holders did not play enough. Pellegrini is unsuitable as a midfielder. The others are null.

Nothing is affected in the economy of the group where (I remember) it is essential to finish first to avoid the round of 32 (and therefore other nefarious rotations). The wide rotation favors the preparation of Sunday's match with Napoli.

A city of love. A dramatic, terrible and beautiful city. Luciano De Crescenzo explains very well the philosophy of Naples. Naples has inside itself the metastases of the Camorra but it fights it because it is a city of love.

Spalletti proposes the 4231 made of possession, but also vertical, with a defensive phase also with wings (especially Insigne) and an offensive phase based on give and go (triangles). The wings are inverted foot. Politano is left and right winger. Insigne is right (but also good with the left) and is left winger. Both are dangerous when they go to the center to look for the shot with their favorite foot.

Lorenzo is not only the technically but also the charismatic leader of the team. He talks a lot. He inspires the patterns. He goes into cover on the full back. Deadly when he goes to the center to shoot right, especially with his very dangerous him tir'a'gir (shot around). With his right hand he gives the ball an incredible effect. He can also shoot with his left. We do not exclude a priori that he may also cross from the bottom with the left.

In attack they either go on their left, our right, with the Mario Rui-Insigne dialogue or they throw long on Osimhen who on the counterattack, when he receives the ball on the run, is very good. On the pass to free the defense, Osimhen pretends to head-jump with the defender, but then he unbalances the defender and leaves with the ball towards the goal. Alternatively they can look for Mertens dribbling, triangle and shooting.

We are very careful on the free-kicks from the left for Insigne's shot and in general on the free-kick from cross. In this situation, Spalletti invents several tactics.

On the right they push hard with Di Lorenzo, but the least good defensive full-back is Mario Rui who manages to avoid problems, looking for the foul suffered in a very unsportsmanlike way.

Anguissa is very good at recovering the ball (on these occasions he is also very foul), a little less in the construction of the game.

We get to this game in the worst way. We face a strong opponent and the fittest in Serie A after an international fool. The Romanists are ready for a new battle with a renewed spirit (priceless) and deserve other results. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi