The inhabitants of the capital are trying with a renewed project to win a Serie A that they have not achieved in more than 20 years
Something is moving in Rome. The team from the Italian capital faces the challenge of taking a step forward in the transalpine championship after winning a European title half a century later and after signing one of the most important players in Serie A in the latter decade, Paulo Dybala. José Mourinho will once again be the commander who will try to steer that ship to a safe harbor, a winning coach who knows how to succeed in boot country like few others and wants to continue his successful career in a team that once again has a great squad.
“There are some important goals, but for the Scudetto, teams are now on the doorstep. Our goal must be to win game after game and we’ll see where we are,” assured Paulo Dybala in his spectacular presentation as a Roma player. The talented Argentine midfielder made a legendary come-out at the Pallazo della Civiltà, also known as the Square Coliseum. More than 10,000 fans attended with torches to wrap the ex-Juventus player and send a message of hope around a project that is gradually taking color.
And it is that Dybala is the jewel, never better said, of the crown in the new Rome to come. Mourinho arrived last May 2021 and signed a three-year deal with the aim of building a long-term competitive team, but his first season was plagued with ups and downs. In Series A, they finished sixth after a season where they were regulars in some sections but paid dearly for poor results against the championship greats. Roma garnered six defeats and two draws against the ‘Big 4’ who make up Juventus, Milan, Inter and Naples in Italy, a backdrop that has made it impossible for residents of the capital to gain entry to the coveted Champions League they haven’t played since before the pandemic and another example of that quality leap they need to compete with the biggest.
In this scenario, Roma found the perfect test bench in the Conference League for further growth. Mourinho’s men won round after round, eventually knocking out Leicester and Feyenoord and winning the European title – 1960-1961 Fairs Cup – half a century later, giving them a mental boost for more important things this year. “Roma has won a very important trophy, something that can serve to have more ambition in the future,” said Dybala, who sold 535,000 shirts with his name in just one day, a historic record for Serie A, and who did not hesitate. to ask “What are we striving for?” to Mourinho when the coach called him to hear his signing.
Mourinho’s response must have been convincing and the arguments the Portuguese could make are the reinforcements the team has made in just two years. Roma raised the squad’s competitive bar last year by signing players crucial to winning the Conference League, such as Rui Patrício, Tammy Abraham and Roger Ibáñez, players who will continue this season. They are now joined by Paulo Dybala, free from Juventus; Nemanja Matic, also free of charge after terminating his contract with Manchester United; Zeki Celik, signed from Lille for seven million euros, and Georginio Wijnaldum, loaned from Paris Saint-Germain.
The lack of clear hegemony in Italy in recent years is another reason that makes Rome believe in the possibility of retaking Serie A, which they have not achieved since the 2000-2001 season, that memorable campaign with Fabio Capello at the end of the season. steer from the bench and with Francesco Totti as a reference on the field. Juventus ruled with an iron fist, winning to nine consecutive ‘scudetti’ between 2011 and 2020, but today very little of that team remains. There have been three different champions in the past three seasons and in all cases the final stretch has been reached with options for multiple candidates. This could be the year the ‘giallorossi’ return to the top of the calcium, which seems more open than ever.
Source: La Verdad
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