Roma is on its knees, after the night in Florence. The king is naked, some would say, but around the capital the question arises as to whether, in fact, he has ever been dressed. A real horror night was staged at the Franchi, during which Fiorentina took a single bite out of the Giallorossi, who appeared all too helpless and defeatist in the vehemence needed to straighten out complicated matches. And instead what could have gone wrong, not only did it but ended up turning out even worse.
The illusion of a comeback lasted just a minute, the time that elapsed between Manu Kone’s 2-1 and the immediate Viola hat-trick, Kean’s brace. On the half hour Juric had tried the impact move, making two very early substitutions and also introducing the author of Florence’s momentary minus one. All useless in the long run. And to add to the damage, there was even room for some mockery: Hermoso’s expulsion and Hummels’ own goal in his long-awaited debut were the main ones.
At the end of the match Juric doesn’t even look for the full side of the glasshe knows he is commenting on a night that will leave its mark, at least for a while. However, it will also depend on his reaction and that of the group at his disposal: “We did everything wrong. Really everything. There is little to explain, this team had shown great solidity in the seven games, conceding few goals and shots and performing convincingly on the pitch.” organization, but nothing worked tonight. Rarely have evenings like this happened to me.”