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After bouncing back from a brief lull in late January with a cushy 2-0 win over Cagliari last week, Roma thrust itself back into the top four chase, joining the likes of AC Milan, Inter Milan, Napoli, and Juventus in the race for one of Italy’s four Champions League places next season. And what’s more, […]
“Right now I don’t even know who will be available, so I need to see that first. Then we’ll see what we decide. Pellegrini has played a lot, right? So those are the options. We’ll see. First we need to figure out what shape we’re in. We’ll train today and then we’ll decide. But Dybala […]
Some fixtures in a season feel like checkpoints; succeed, and it’s good, but fail, and it’s not absolutely fatal. Other fixtures feel like verdicts. Roma’s trip to the Maradona tomorrow is the second kind. This is a straight-up, six-point affair against a direct rival, in a stadium that doesn’t believe in mercy, with the Champions […]
The following is a guest post by Zach Lowy, who recently interviewed journalist Gabriele Marcotti on a range of topics, including Roma’s transformation under Gasperini. You can keep tabs on all of Lowy’s work on social media. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more erudite football journalist than Gabriele Marcotti. Born on July 28, 1973, […]
Roma signing a talented young South American player only to lose him to a mega club 18 to 24 months later; it’s a tale as old as time. A mere mention of the names Lamela, Marquinhos, and Alisson turns even the hardest Roma fan into a blubbering mess. While discovering and developing these talents is […]
The Giallorossi got back on track with a crucial victory over Cagliari on Monday, pulling themselves back into joint 4th with Juve. Things get no easier this weekend as they travel to Naples for a crucial top-4 head-to-head with Napoli. In this episode, we break down the win against the Sardinians and look ahead to […]
As they have throughout the season, Roma bounced back from a brief dip in form—marked this time by a frustrating draw against Milan and a defeat to Udinese—by securing a clean, well-organized victory. This time, they left nothing to chance, outshooting Cagliari by a 5:1 margin and using a Donyell Malen brace to power past […]
Things have gone from bad to worse for Gian Piero Gasperini and Roma over the past two weeks. After reeling off a pair of 2-0 wins over Stuttgart and Torino in late January, the Giallorossi have dropped points in their past three matches: draws with Udinese and Panathianakos and last Monday’s loss to Udinese. As […]
A Monday match against a mid-table side is, in theory, the kind of night Roma should use to exhale: rotate a little, take the points, move on. At first glance, tomorrow looks like that kind of fixture. It’s at the Olimpico, against a team that would happily leave with a point and doesn’t have the […]
“I’ll let him start right away, no problem, but he needs to train, we’ll take fifteen years off him (laughs, ed.). We’re getting to know each other about Zaragoza; he’s trained with us a few times, played regularly for Celta, and is in decent condition. He obviously needs to get to know his new situation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]