“Inter remains the team playing the best and most ready to win the Scudetto, but be careful of a well-developed Roma team. It’s too early to look at the standings, but we have to take note.” Said Roma totem like Sebino Nela, 396 appearances in a Giallorossi shirt (he won the Scudetto in 1983) and was awarded in Anghiari with the La Clessidra National Lifetime Achievement Award, organized by Sauro Giorni with the support of Alessio Scarcelli.
The competition will restart on Saturday, never as balanced as it is now: “The league standings are very short and there is still room to dream for Napoli and Milan too. I am also confident that Luciano Spalletti will lead Juve out of the crisis”.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s Secret of Roman Supremacy?
“Absolutely yes. Gasp is a certainty. I consider him a coach of the highest level and one of the best in Europe: Roma are now very solid at the back, although they are not yet Gasperinian in their attacking style of play. He is good at revitalizing players like Celik, Cristante and Pellegrini, who came out of the project in the summer and are now permanent starters.”
Are the Giallorossi just missing a great striker to win the Scudetto?
“Zirkzee would be perfect for Roma. He has quality and is able to communicate well with his other teammates, plus he already knows our championship. As a loan player, this would be a great opportunity to take advantage of him.”
Among other things, this year the goal problem has hit all the big teams. Why?
“The classic center forward has disappeared. Apart from Vlahovic, the rest of Juventus’ strikers are struggling and Milan, apart from Roma, also lacks a high-level striker. Napoli also suffers from Lukaku’s absence: Hojlund and Lucca are not the same thing. Just look at the goalscoring rankings: the top scorer is Orsolini who plays as a winger. I think this explains a lot about our goalscoring crisis.”
Who is Nela Roma today?
“I really like Gianluca Mancini in terms of temperament, leadership and attachment to the shirt, even though we are very different in terms of roles. I want to be part of today’s football: as the fifth player on the left, I would have fun.”
You grew up at Genoa: could De Rossi be the right man to save Griffin?
“I hope Daniele starts a long career at Marassi.
After Rome he found another very warm place with a great sense of belonging, ideal for someone like him. The marriage with the rossoblù excites me a lot, even if Genoa is missing something in the front line after the departure of Pinamonti, it is not a goalkeeper. If every summer the club sells its best players, then it will be difficult.”
