A defeat on his debut as Roma coach. Claudio Ranieri he tried to change something within the structure of the Giallorossi team but “Maradona” suffered another knockout against Antonio Conte’s Napoli. “The urgency to protect ourselves is understandable and – this is the analysis of the Giallorossi coach’s report card from the Gazzetta dello Sport on newsstands today – to score at least a point, but ‘with three’ Roma are falling too far behind. And Elsha’s substitution is not convincing”. For Tuttosport “the introduction of Dybala 3′ from time remains incomprehensible. He will have a lot to work on”.
“He tries to compact the team by lowering the center of gravity – reports Corriere dello Sport – starting and ending with the four-man defence. But when Hummels enters, forming the five-man line, he concedes the goal. He can complain about Dovbyk’s crossbar, which would have given another meaning to the judgements. The first miracle fails: Roma comes back to life but remains stuck on the spot”. This is the comment from TMW: “Sir Claudio’s challenge this time will be really very tough, because this Roma has structural limits and a total absence of certainties from the point of view of the game. He saw it very well himself, when after a first time of defense alone at Maradona he tried to wake up his team by changing the formation and two performers already in the interval. It wasn’t enough, although his team at least found a little more compactness.”
THE VOTES
TuttoMercatoWeb.com: 5.5
Gazzetta dello Sport: 5.5
Tuttosport: 5.5
Corriere dello Sport: 6
Corriere della Sera: 6
Vocegiallorossa.it: 5.5