At the time when the Friedkin ownership decided to fire Daniele De Rossi to make room for Ivan Juricthe Croatian coach was reiterated his two main objectives – reveals today’s edition of the Sports Gazette – to be pursued as soon as possible: iron fist with the players and valorization of the investments made in the summer market.
The first point is the simplest for the former Torino coach, notoriously inflexible and demanding in training, along with a character that is not exactly gentle. He demonstrated it – we read – already on the first real day at Trigoria, with few but direct words to hit the entire Giallorossi group, demanding maximum seriousness and commitment and that the pitch will pass sentence.
As for the second one, there will be work to be done.. Fixed points such as Lorenzo Pellegrini and Bryan Cristante need to be re-uplifted, Matias Soulé needs to be repositioned at the centre of the project and the starting lineup, probably in the company of the team’s absolute top player, namely Paulo Dybala. But the hard part will be to bring the new arrivals out of their shells, still struggling to settle in at Rome: from Artem Dovbyk to Enzo Le Fée, on the road to recovery, up to Mats Hummels and Mario Hermoso, future cornerstones of Juric’s three-man defence. trust in society there is, the images of players launched to success like Dimarco and Buongiorno – among many – symbolize the abilities of the new coach from the capital. All that remains is to obtain the same results, even better, on the Roma bench.