The First 5 Minutes: A Silent Observer

The first five minutes of the Roma-Monza match saw Claudio Ranieri standing a mere centimeter from the sideline, in complete silence, with his hands behind his back, motionless. It was a poignant moment, showcasing a man who exudes calm and authority, a true “lord of football” who sees the work in progress rather than the final product. As he observed, it was clear that Roma was a construction site, where everyone was eager to contribute and excel.

The Desire for Participation

Ranieri’s Roma is a team where everyone wants the ball and “rosicano” to put it in the Roman, if one partner chooses another. He is a son of Ranieri who says, “They must remember where they were 102 days ago, they must remember it because they can now think about it with a smile.”

They must remember where they were 102 days ago, they must remember it because they can now think about it with a smile
Claudio Ranieri

Ranieri has collected a healthy group, which, however, was not well. He “edited” the players, took responsibility for them, and now enjoys their performances. During the evening, there were many small things that told this spirit.

Key Moments and Player Dynamics

Manu Koné, embraced and sent to sit by Ranieri because there were already too many players warming up and more than five at a time cannot be. But Koné wanted to enter. There is Dybala‘s haste in taking off the suit and setting off the comparisons, once Ranieri decides to make him enter. Dybala today enjoys an inscribable affection in the city, he decided the game with the port, an evening of rest if he would also have been able to take it and instead not. Enter Running, because in this Rome he enjoys himself.

There is the face of Baldanzi at the moment of the gearbox: nobody wants to go out, everyone wants to play. Then when you see on the luminous billboard that the toll-free number is 21, then the disappointment passes.

The Degrees of Union

When we leave each other we talk about degrees of separation. And when do you find ourselves? “The degrees of Union” by Ranieri have been and are calm-order-ledge-enthusiasm. The calm he brought back to the locker room, so much so that he breathes a sigh of relief to someone like Gianluca Mancini, the first time that the Rome coach has reopened the door of Trigoria.

Order and Strategy

The order, why Claudio Ranieri is today 73 years old, he had announced the retreat, but today he is still tremendously coach, more than ever. It is when in Saelemaekers, just before the goal, he says he leaves wide, but of entering the field, even on the weak foot. 1-0.

It is also when when to the same Saelemakers, he asks to notify Soulé, “that he comes to play on the right, exchange,” in a sort of 4-4-1-1 with the outsiders now on the inverted foot. The first ball that the Argentine plays, 10 seconds later, is the assist for Shomurodov‘s 2-0.

Editing the Spirit of Players

And then Claudio Ranieri is a coach because he edited the spirit of his players: Shomurodov is an example. Just after the 2-0, Ranieri calls his striker with his gaze, he says nothing, simply pulls a great breath. As if to tell him: you finally threw it inside, now remove this weight from the shoulders. The Uzbeko, which Ranieri “wants a good of the soul” did not mark in a from August.

The same scene repeats itself in the 88th minute, when Cristante scores, head, on a turn on a corner kick. When the ball enters, Ranieri drops his arms along his hips, as if to say: finally Bryan. The two are looking for a look at meters away and laugh at it. The same midfielder at the end of the game tells me: “Before the game the coach had asked me: ‘But when do you take a goal on a football on me?’. Ranieri added: ‘It is so strong to attack the first post, that it was not possible not to sign’.

Before the game the coach had asked me: ‘But when do you take a goal on a football on me?’. Ranieri added: ‘It is so strong to attack the first post, that it was not possible not to sign’
Bryan Cristante

Work in Progress

They are work in the running and now at Ranieri’s construction site everyone does their own and even more. The spirit of Ranieri’s team is evident in their collective desire to contribute and excel, reflecting the coach’s leadership and strategic vision.