Decide with succession
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When Claudio Ranieri took over at AS Rome in mid -November – for the third time in his career – the season for the club almost seemed. Two coaches, club legend Daniele de Rossi and Ivan Juric, had already been released, the Giallorossi took twelve and it looked more like a limitation of damage than after an international glamor. Six months later, the Roma taps the door of the Champions League again and is unbeaten in 19 series A games in a row. What did the 73-year-old, of whom artificial intelligence have long been circulating pictures in the Pope’s robe on the Internet, has taken with the team?
0: 1 against the current league leader Napoli and 0: 2 against the third Atalanta were Ranieri’s first results as a Roma coach, the club, where he himself became a professional in 1972. There was also a 2-2 in the Europa League against Tottenham. As far as the results were concerned, not much had improved. In the weeks that followed, especially at the 0: 2 in Como on December 15, the team showed a playful and combative reaction that had not existed under de Rossi and Juric. “I am often consulted in problematic situations of the clubs and try to convey serenity and a hard work morality and to restore the trust,” said Ranieri, who has long since been called San Claudio (the Holy Claudio) in Rome, in the course of the season at “DAZN” in Italy.
Afterwards, the Roma failed in the quarter -finals of the Coppa Italia on today’s finalist AC Milan and was eliminated in the Europa League against semi -finalist Athletic Bilbao – but there has been no defeat in the league since this game against Como. From 19 games, Ranieri and his players won 14 wins. After the 1-0 against European Cup rival AC Florence on Sunday, even the Champions League is within reach. With the fourth Juventus, the Roma is tied after 35 games, the teams each have 63 points. The capitals have well -known opponents with Atalanta, Milan and Torino. The old lady plays against Lazio, who is still fighting for fourth place with the same number of points, Udinese and relegation candidate Venezia.
“The Roma always had a good squad, but there were some problems with the coaches,” says Jatin Dietl, Area Manager Italy at the transfer market. “In my opinion, de Rossi is very good at pushing emotions and motivation, so they have completed the last season. But he still lacks other qualities, such as finding the right answer to a crisis. That is one of the reasons why the team started so badly. With Juric it didn’t fit.
Dybala, Koné & Co.: Ranieri excites Romas potential
The old master, who started his coaching career almost 40 years ago and trained 18 different clubs and Greece at an international level, said in a “Gazzetta” interview that he was “vaccinated against every situation”. His greatest success dates from 2015 when he led Leicester City to the Premier League title-one of the greatest sensations in football history. For the die -hard Romanceista, the reaching of the Champions League could even even come close to this season.
“The squad is good,” emphasizes Dietl again. “You have some very strong players like Paulo Dybala, who has even been missing for weeks, and summer access Manu Koné, who may have taken the biggest step under Ranieri. In addition, the coach made it key players like Leandro Paredes, Gianluca Mancini, Angeliño, also Mats Hummels and for a few weeks now for a few weeks in shape Matías Soulé.” The Roma first got the mandatory points against the teams from the lower half of the table, but most recently there were also eight points against Lazio (1: 1), Juventus (1: 1), Inter (1: 0) and the Fiorentina (1: 0).
“It almost seems as if it doesn’t matter who the opponent is in series. As a result, they got 20 out of 24 possible points from the last eight games, although they never scored more than one goal per game – effectiveness with the simultaneous defensive strength.
The Italy expert continues: “At the beginning of the season, the Roma set a lot of possession without knowing exactly what to do-it seemed as if they were more dangerous than the opponent in the passing game. The Roma missed a more vertical style compared to de Rossi, and the team found a way to become dangerous. Wingbacks are always at the front.
Ranieri decides on successor at AS Roma
Ranieri’s return from retirement will end in the coming summer – probably as a trainer who led the Roma in a season in which the midfield to be the highest of feelings was still led to Europe. Then he will support the owners and sports director Florent Ghisolfi in an advisory role in all sporting matters. Ranieri will also have a say in the search for his successor.
Who will be that is still completely open. Carlo Ancelotti, Stefano Pioli, Gian Piero Gasperini and Maurizio Sarri have already been traded, but in particular the first three now appear unrealistic. The internationally coveted Francesco Farioli and CESC Fàbregas from the other end of the experience scale are the last names mentioned. Hardly anyone in Rome is currently doubted that Ranieri also finds an answer to this open question.