Ivan Juric he will remain on the Roma bench, despite the defeat against Hellas Verona, the fans’ protests, the locker room problems and all the other ingredients of a crisis that seems endless. After a couple of days of reflection, Dan and Ryan Friedkin confirmed their trust in the coach, who will therefore be on the bench at least tomorrow in Belgium for the Europa League match against Union Saint Gilloise and on Sunday at the Olimpico against Bologna.
The coach’s future will depend on the results of these two matches, but he has at least a couple of elements on his side that will keep him on the Roma bench. First of all the fact that the Friedkins, who in recent days have moved between Paris and the island of Crete, have explored various possible substitutes but they haven’t identified the right profile to start again.
And then after the break, Roma’s calendar increases the level of difficulty: Napoli, Tottenham and Atalanta are the first three matches that a possible new coach would have to face. The risk of getting burned, in these conditions, is high for anyone Roberto Mancini, Max Allegri, Claudio Ranieri, Paulo Sousa or Frank Lampard (contacts with the last two have been denied).
For this reason, the Friedkins, through sporting director Ghisolfi, have let Juric and the team know that the coach, barring disasters, will remain on the bench. This is reported in today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport.