Journalist Paolo Condò analyzed Claudio Ranieri’s first time on the Roma bench. The Giallorossi team lost 1-0 at the Maradona stadium, with former player Romelu Lukaku’s goal being decisive: “Even Ranieri, like Mourinho, De Rossi and Juric before him, believes that Dybala is the key to Roma, the man who, alongside Dovbyk, will have to push the team towards ranking positions more in line with its ambitions. But these are words that clash with the melancholy reality of a star who so far has only scored one goal from open play, struggles to communicate the extent of his ailments and travels on an emotional roller coaster, from one people who acclaim him for his choice to stay to another who complains about the rarefaction of his presences (in the face of the well-known contractual dilemma)”.
And again on Dybala: “Far be it from us to think that Dybala is an old glory, but the reality says that his is an ancient glory, in need of clarity first and foremost in terms of health to understand when we will see it flourish again.”
At the end of the match lost at the Maradona stadium, this is the analysis of Roma coach Claudio Ranieri: “I’m happy because we fought. In the second half with the three-man defense we had more possession of the ball and slowed down Napoli. The goal came due to our lack of attention, we have to improve our attention. We have to work and improve but we must not give up. How never the change of formation in the second half? We always lost the man at the far post. It wasn’t good, to restart better I put Baldanzi next to Dovbyk.”