With AS Roma firmly in the Champions League mix, a win in Bergamo would have put them in the driving seat. However, Atalanta changed the course of the game to secure their own position on the grandest stage. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. A year to the day, Atalanta Bergamo and Roma […]
Everyone is a low-blocker until a real low-blocker comes into the room. Simone Inzaghi was given a dose of his own medicine by Claudio Ranieri. Although the Roman defense was not entirely compact, it was the issues of the Scudetto holders that came to the forefront, as Internazionale suffered a significant defeat at the San […]
With only five titles combined between the two teams, the Derby is often regarded as the most important match of the season, bringing the city to a standstill. Given this backdrop, the games are typically tense and cautious, with neither team willing to make the first move for fear of being caught off balance. This […]
Goals from Leonardo Spinazzola and Angeliño looked impressive on the highlight reels, but this was a game with very little to offer. A strange run of events between the league leaders and a changed line-up from a revitalized team. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. Almost ten years after Claudio Ranieri and Antonio […]
The proposition of 18 simultaneous fixtures on a final European matchday is bound to bring some jeopardy. AS Roma, rocked with a raft of dismissals, required a big performance to stay in the Europa League. The ultras received what they wanted. Even though the game was not spectacular, they— and their guests— could be content […]
Although both Bologna and AS Roma still have European fixtures on their calendars, their meeting in Northern Italy was more about the limitations that have grown into their game plans, from the original blueprints that got them into the competitions in the first place. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. Heading into the […]
Atalanta Bergamo, enjoying their best-ever start to a Serie A campaign, struggled to get out of first gear in Rome, but in the end, they did not need to. Eventually, they found the right dynamics, whereas Roma continued to melt. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. In May, it was a game between […]
Once in Roman colors, Romelu Lukaku scored against his former team to puncture Claudio Ranieri’s return to managing in the capital. One of these teams had established much more control than the other, but this was a game more about the deficiencies in their systems than the advantages that either coach could bring to the […]
Simone Inzaghi’s Inter narrowly beat Roma away at the Stadio Olimpico in a game that was end to end but was caught in a stranglehold for its best parts. Inter captain Lautaro Martinez’s goal in the second half was enough to decide the encounter as Inter moved into 2nd place in the Serie A table. […]
Atalanta Bergamo will almost certainly re-enter the Champions League, with a different arrangement than their last appearance two years ago. Perhaps the fluidity is not there, but Gian Piero Gasperini has rebuilt Atalanta through dynamic forwards with different objectives. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. There was no comfortable game for Atalanta […]