Ivan Zazzaronidirector of Corriere dello Sportin his usual editorial in the sports newspaper, comments on Roma’s disastrous year. Yesterday, after the defeat of the Giallorossi against Bologna, the dismissal of Ivan Juric: “It should have happened to me – a Bolognese fan of Bologna – to celebrate in the capital’s sports newspaper the funeral of a Roma – not of Roma – finished on the pitch by the goals of Castro, Orsolini and Karlsson; the death of a non-idea, of a non-management, of a way of playing football that no longer has any reason to exist.
I breathe in all the confusion and desperation of a people. And then I hope that someone will show the Friedkins the face of their mistakes, the tangible result of their continuous and incomprehensible absences[…]. Since last June the Friedkins haven’t had one: I’m reminded of Mourinho’s dismay when, after the Europa League final and a quick visit from Dan to Setubal, he remained for around eighty days, eighty-three to be precise, without only one contact with the property. In all his years, something like this had never happened to him. […]
Now I ask: who chooses the next coach? Who, in this Rome, has the knowledge and the necessary competence to be able to carefully and precisely decide on the technical guide capable of restoring serenity and dignity to the team? Another algorithmist like Charles Gould? Or an organization like CAA that owns the two largest prosecutorial agencies in the world? The Friedkins must stay, of course, but let them try to come down to earth: Roma cannot be managed from a plane. PS. Lampard no, thanks: there is the B to avoid.”