Benevento – Roma 0-0

A whole series of expedients to equalize by Benevento. They really make me sick. Benevento showed the worst of Italian football. Showy simulations often sanctioned by Pairetto like fouls. Ridiculous wastes of time for injured players who ...

Sunday's opponent: the Benevento.

The media often talked about 352 for Benevento with Barba third central back, in reality they play with 442 with De Paoli right back, Barba left back (both very good in defensive phase) and with Insigne (or Ionita) winger ...

Braga – Roma 0-2

It was a good match and a good victory against an opponent of good technical caliber. Although they played 30 minutes outnumbered, the percentage of ball possession is close to parity. In particular, we are ...

Thursday opponent: SC Braga

Housed in the Castro Mountain, the Municipal Stadium of Braga (Estadio Municipal de Braga) was designed by the architect Eduardo Souto De Moura for the 2004 European Championships. Built in one year, with a capacity of about 30,000 spectators and ...

Roma – Udinese 3-0

Roma were good at convincingly winning a risky match, especially after a defeat like the one against Juve. Roma were good at making it clear with the beautiful goal from Veretout (first header in Italy), after...

Sunday opponent: Udinese

Udinese play with a 352 which often becomes 532 in the defensive phase. They mainly defend and counter-attack, focusing on De Paul (right) who dribbles and assists. Given their attitude in the defensive phase, we must be good at dominating the ...

Juve – Roma 2-0

Roma did not play badly. He has had more possession, more territory and more shots, but football is often a cruel game, where the one who wins is not the one who plays better, but the one who scores. Juve made it ...

Saturday opponent: Juve.

In 1997-98, the CUCS showed up in Turin with a banner that read "Attack". We have always hated Juve since the 1980s and we had a terrible Juve accuser like Zeman on the bench (despite his uncle, Cestmir Vycpalek, he took him ...

Roma – Verona 3-1

Roma won in a deserved and easy way a game on very difficult paper. Verona had excellent results with the top of the class and seemed ready for the challenge yesterday as well. Roma immediately had to change the center ...

Sunday opponent: Verona

It is a 3421 where they mark mainly by man (like the Atalanta of Juric's master, Gasperini), but then on the corner kicks they mark by zone (7 in a row inside the small area of the goalkeeper and 3 outside in a triangle, sign that Silvestri does not ...

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