From a Champions League final to Roma’s last defensive choice in the space of a few months. Mats Hummels is probably one of the short circuits in the Giallorossi’s choice to take Jurica situation that Claudio Ranieri is trying to resolve, putting him at the center of the defense, perhaps also of his project to try to climb between the Europa League and a ranking that currently continues to cry. During his career Hummels has won a lot, including the Bundesliga with both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, a European under-21 championship and a World Cup in 2014, with the Germany shirt. He was certainly one of the best players of his generation.
Yet in Rome he had big problems at the beginning. Perhaps thanks to a not extraordinary moment of form, following a summer in which he trained alone, having only signed at the beginning of September. The repeated exclusions, even when there was no one else in his area of the field, did the rest. Now it almost seems like a thing of the past, even if the road to the best condition is still to be concluded.
In recent days Hummels had spoken about the Giallorossi situation. “I know this is a tough moment. But I have zero doubts, in a few weeks everything will seem much better. We will all get out of this situation together. However, I am happy to have played the first match at home.” Mats Hummels turns 36 today.