Roma wins its first victory of the season, but it does so in a context that is anything but serene.
In the background, one Olympic Stadium divided between tension and silence, with a Curva Sud that chose to enter only in the 30th minute, as a sign of protest against the ownership.Lina Souloukou, until a few hours before CEO, dissolves like a shadow with his sudden resignation, leaving a void in a company already shaken by his controversial decisions. And then there is Ivan Juric, the unexpected technician, landed in Rome a few hours after theDe Rossi’s dismissalcelebrating the three goals that lit up his first Giallorossi bench.
Well yes, in this dark scenario, where grey seems to dominate, it is the victory to bring back some color. A success that, amidst a storm of uncertainties, shines as a beacon of hope.
But the signs of recovery do not end there. On the pitch, Roma demonstrated much more: a team athletically ready to support both halves, with a fluid game, full of ideas, imagination and a constant aggression that suffocated Udinese.
De Rossi’s sudden departure had left a deep void, and it would have been easy for the players to give in to the emotional pressure. But despite the shock, the team remained focused, demonstrating that they had the only objective that mattered clearly in mind: winning. And the numbers confirm it, with 8 shots on target out of 16 total against Udinese’s 2 out of 9.
Dobbyk, Dybala and Baldanzi were the protagonists, the names at the top of the scoreboard, but Roma’s true strength emerged from a choral performance. A victory that not only lifts the standings, but rekindles a spark of confidence in an environment that seemed shrouded in the fog of uncertainty. Juric, who arrived like lightning, has already begun to make his mark, but the question now is: can this Roma, capable of resisting shocks and storms, really transform the gray into triumph?
The journey has just begun, and the next chapter will be written already in the midweek round of Europa. Maybe it is right there that we will discover if this victory represents only a flash or the beginning of a new course.