Cautiously Optimistic Since 2007
Ever since he “retired” in 2017, Roma fans have longed for the day Francesco Totti would return to the club in a legitimate capacity. Following his forced exit from the pitch nearly a decade ago, Totti joined the front office in August of 2017, working alongside James Pallotta, Eusebio Di Francesco, and Monchi. Given his […]
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With the first of February drawing to a close, we’re now in the nether region between the winter and summer transfer windows, where news and rumors go to die. While it won’t be long before summer transfer rumors trickle in, we’re left to twiddle our thumbs, waiting for Roma to do something we love but […]
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It will be several months (if not years) before we can fully assess Roma’s 2026 winter transfer market, but this much is already clear: they learned a valuable lesson from a frustrating summer transfer season. Rather than fixing their aim on a solitary target, only to fail in a lengthy and time-consuming pursuit, Roma finally […]
4 days ago | 1 read
Roma entered today’s Round 22 fixture looking to reclaim third place on the league table. And while a win wouldn’t have advanced the Giallorossi further up the table, a loss would have been a blow to the club’s top-four hopes. With the top six clubs separated by 14 points, week-to-week volatility at the top of […]
5 days ago | 1 read
Now that Roma has secured a spot in the Europa League Round of 16 and sewn up their final transfer of the winter season, former Celta Vigo/Bayern Munich winger Bryan Zaragoza, the club can return its focus to Serie A. After losing four of six matches between late November and early January, Gian Piero Gasperini’s […]
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Roma arrive in Udine with the table tightening in the way it always does at this point of the season: everyone in the hunt, nobody comfortable. On Monday night at Bluenergy Stadium, the job against Udinese is simple to describe and harder to deliver: show up, impose order, and leave with the points that keep […]
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Roma returns to action on Monday Night Football against Udinese, and we should see plenty of turnover from Thursday’s 1-1 draw in Greece, where Roma played down a man for most of the match. That draw was a vital result in Roma’s overall scheduling situation, as the Europa League bye will mean no Thursday night […]
6 days ago | 1 read
With two consecutive league starts and a goal on his debut, Donyell Malen’s transition to life in Rome has been nearly seamless. While his younger counterpart, Robinio Vaz, hasn’t experienced the same immediate success, the young Frenchman is an ideal disciple of Gasperini’s footballing philosophy. Still, despite that intriguing mix of production and potential, not […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
We’ll say this much about Roma: they seldom make it easy. While it’s no secret that Gian Piero Gasperini’s priority remains Serie A (and rightly so), today’s Europa League fixture against Panathinaikos—the eighth and final match of the League Phase—carried enormous consequences for the Giallorossi. A win or draw would have advanced Roma directly to […]
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With last weekend’s 1-1 draw against AC Milan firmly in the rearview mirror, Gian Piero Gasperini and Roma must now shift their attention back to the Europa League. Following last week’s 2-0 win over Stuttgart, the Giallorossi are virtually assured of advancing to the next phase; the only question remaining is how circuitous a path […]
10 days ago | 1 read
As incredible as it may sound, it took until almost February before the Giallorossi finally drew a match. And the way this one played out against the Rossoneri, it turned out to be a crucial point gained, as the Roma did it come from behind fashion. As a result, Roma pulled into third place in […]
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Recently, our guest contributor Zach Lowy had the chance to interview former Roma player Ricardo Faty. Faty isn’t a name usually associated with Giallorossi due to his short spell with the club. In fact, I can’t recall even seeing him play during my nascent days as a Roma supporter—he was always just another name on […]
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Tuesday Trivia returns from its Holiday/International Break/I kept forgetting hiatus with another player-focused quiz. Last time out, with the heartbreaking sight of Daniele De Rossi returning to the Stadio Olimpico as an opponent, we tested your knowledge on all things DDR. From his professional debut to his first goal and even down to how many […]
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In the wake of yesterday’s draw with second-place AC Milan—one in which Roma dominated the first half, generating chances on a whim—Gian Piero Gasperini acknowledged that it was a complicated fixture but was adamant that Roma would have won had they not fallen behind early in the second half. While that may sound like a […]
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In a night when the Olimpico buzzed with electricity despite the miserable weather, the Giallorossi ended up with a result that didn’t reflect just how much they deserved three points. From the jump, it was clear Gasperini’s men had taken a positive approach to their match against Milan, while Milan played defensive, tacky football that […]
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In so many ways, tonight’s fixture was Act One, Scene One from the Roma Happened nightmare script. With Roma dancing around the fringes of the top four for most of the season, the Giallorossi were gifted a lifeline earlier this weekend. Thanks to our old pal Luciano Spalletti guiding Juventus to a 3-0 upset over […]
13 days ago | 2 reads
It’s a cold, rainy day in Rome, but like the mailman, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these Romanisti from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Today’s appointed rounds is perhaps one of the most significant matches of Roma’s season to date: a duel with second-place Milan that could […]
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Roma welcomes Milan to the Olimpico today, hoping to secure its first positive result of the season against a top-four rival. With head-to-head losses to both Milan clubs, Napoli, and Juve, the Giallorossi are doing themselves no favors in the race to qualify for next season’s Champions League. However, with Roma currently fourth in a […]
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After spending weeks, if not months, tracking every available and semi-available forward in Europe, Roma closed a pair of intriguing deals last week, landing Donyell Malen from Aston Villa and young French forward Robinio Vaz from Marseille. While Vaz is one for the future, Malen made an immediate impact, scoring the match-winning goal against Torino […]
15 days ago | 1 read
With all the excitement over Donyell Malen’s dream debut in Roma’s 2-0 win over Torino, which erased much of the consternation stemming from the club’s up-and-down performances over the preceding month, the club’s ongoing Europa League campaign was swept under the rug. After an opening-round win over Nice in late September, Roma stumbled in their […]
16 days ago | 1 read
Today’s Europa League match between Roma and Stuttgart carries a lot of weight for the Giallorossi’s long-term hopes. A win here would make it far more likely that Roma makes the top eight after league play, avoiding a messy play-in round featuring the clubs that land between ninth and twenty-fourth. Meanwhile, a draw or a […]
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“The lads are doing well, except for [Mario] Hermoso, who is injured. Then there are the other players with their ailments who you already know about, and the obvious absences of the two new signings. Otherwise, I’d say that the squad is in good shape physically. Obviously tomorrow’s match is quickly followed by a game […]
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Torino learned the hard way that beating a team twice in a week and three times in a season is difficult, as Roma paid Il Toro back with an impressive 2-0 win at the Stadio Olimpico Grande di Torino. It was a complete performance from the Giallorossi, who moved into sole possession of 4th in […]
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Robinio Vaz arrives at Roma as a relatively unknown 19-year-old whose transfer came out of nowhere. Despite his youth and inexperience, his talent was enough for Ricky Massara and Co. to drop €25 million on the French teenager. To learn more about Roma’s recent signing, who made his debut on Sunday in Turin, we brought […]
19 days ago | 2 reads
Normally, a road fixture against 13th-place Torino wouldn’t cause much of a fuss, but there was a tinge of excitement in the air yesterday when Roma visited the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. Not only were the two clubs meeting for the second time in a week, but thanks to Cagliari’s earlier upset of Juventus, the […]
19 days ago | 1 read