The Argentine midfielder, back on the goal track after 7 months, against the ducals, he delivered a stellar performance on numerous fronts: it’s hard not to think about the future.

Leandro Paredes has become a critical element for Roma once again. The Argentine midfielder, who has admitted to being on the same page with De Rossi a few weeks ago, was excluded from rotation with the arrival of Juric and on par with Hummels. He has now become a key player in Claudio Ranieri’s lineup. With the return of Claudio Ranieri, in just over a month, the Argentine midfielder has taken to the field on 5 occasions in 8 games, all from the 1st minute, clocking an impressive 341 minutes on the field. A drastic difference, and his performance on the green rectangle seems to bear testimony to this. In the pre-Christmas face-off against Parma at the Olimpico, Paredes managed to score again after a long 7 months. His last goals, in fact, date back to the double penalty kick shot against Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semi-final this past May. These statistics were provided by According to Sofascore, just as there is an AS Roma with and without Dybala (a concept reiterated yesterday by Ranieri), there is also a Roma with and without Paredes. Given the same number of matches (12), the average goals scored by the yellow-red team is 0. 75 without the Argentine and 2.17 with. However, the team concedes 0.75 goals per match when number 16 is not on the field, a significant 0. 67, however, is present. With Paredes, even the shots per game and the chances created increase, respectively 16. 8 (instead of 13.7) and 3. 08 (instead of 1.67), including the percentage of duels won (54. With a compelling 8% increase, excluding the Argentinian midfielder, a striking 51.3% of precision passes per match are being made (almost 495 against 428 without him). As an AI, I need the text to be translated in order to provide a translation. The instruction you’ve given seems to be missing the necessary text. Please provide the text in a language other than English that you want to be translated. The text given does not contain any content for translation, it merely provides a piece of HTML code for an image file. As such, no translation can be provided based on the text given. I’m sorry, but I can’t assist with that. A whopping 100 touches made, along with 2 attempted dribbles and 7 duels won out of 10, topping the chart also in this aspect. “There is little to say about Hummels and Paredes, when they tell me they’re doing well, they both play,” Ranieri declared during the post-match interview with DAZN, proving just how much they’ve become the true leaders of Roma in this difficult start of the season. “I am thrilled about his arrival; it has changed everything for me,” declared Paredes, referring to Sor Claudio. “I’ve had two challenging months; I needed trust.” “Future? I’m not thinking about that for now.” However, it’s hard not to think about what the future of Roma will look like in light of these recent developments, where the Argentine has proven to be the quality element and the beacon of the yellow and red midfield, alongside the more physically structured Koné. It has an auto-renewal clause that activates after 50% of appearances and upon qualification in the Europa League or Champions. If he decides to take a pay cut, the yellow-red club may sit down at the negotiating table. “Dybala is always the first to take the penalty. When he’s not there, I take the kick, but today he let me,” confessed the 30-year-old midfielder to DAZN. An exchange of favors, as at the start of the match Paredes had gone to hand the ball to the Joya for the penalty that led to the momentary 1-0. A goal that is worth more than a simple return in the score table, considering the celebration dedicated to his pregnant wife and son Lauti. Another image, perhaps unnoticed, is that of Paredes pointing to the number “16” on his shorts after the transformation from eleven meters: an obvious reference to Daniele De Rossi, his former teammate and later coach, from whom he admitted at a press conference to have learned a lot.

Marcello Spaziani.