The Rooster had hoped for a different ending with the Giallorossi, even though the bond with the other Azzurri remained, along with many memories and disappointments like Budapest.
The nightmare of the ex. Roma faces several challenges in today’s match at 6 pm at Como’s home, from the quality of Fabregas’ Larian players to the away-game jinx that has lasted for eight months, but perhaps most importantly, the presence of Andrea Belotti on the attack. The Rooster is indeed headed towards his second consecutive starting jersey, replacing none other than Cutrone, following his goal against Venezia a week ago. The Lombards are in desperate need of points to pull themselves out of the quicksand, and maybe even attempt to drag Roma back into the less noble regions of the ranking. But fans, and not only, are already thinking about the big classic, which is the ‘goal from the former’, a scene already seen in the last month with Lukaku and Zaniolo, both decisive. As the proverb says, there’s no two without three, with some yellow-red fans already humorously resigned to the idea. The subjects are two women from Veneto. Even though it was in Rome that Belotti hoped to lay his roots, he went so far as to reject all overtures and remained stationary for several weeks just to wait for the yellow-reds. Instead, his yellow-red adventure said something else. First of all, 10 goals in 68 matches, far too few to hope for a reaffirmation, so much so that in January of the previous year, he was loaned out to Fiorentina. In a sequence of events that has not held him back, he arrived in the capital in 2022 as a free agent from Turin. Alongside Abraham, they seemed ready to form an absolutely top-level pair of strikers. The field told another story, especially in the first year with zero goals in the league and the eventual disappointment at Budapest. In that match against Sevilla, in which he came in at the 75th minute to replace Abraham, he nearly scored the winning goal at the 83rd minute, only to be denied by a miraculous save by Bonou and Taylor, who astonishingly didn’t even grant the corner kick. But outside of the green field, Andrea and his family had discovered their ideal dimension, especially thanks to the significant friendship established with the other blues. With Pellegrini, Mancini, Cristante, and Spinazzola, they formed a close-knit group, as did their respective wives. “Rome will forever be the city of beautiful people it has given to me. It will forever be the city where Benedetta was born, where Vittoria went to school for the first time, where she experienced her first horse ride.” Within those packages, I’ve put all the experiences from these last two years that I will jealously guard for the rest of my life. Rome will forever be all the beautiful eyes of the Romans and non-Romans, that I met in this city. “Thank you, Rome, I leave you with a somewhat nostalgic heart but full of beautiful memories,” wrote Giorgia Duro, spouse of Belotti, on social media as she bid farewell to the capital, heading towards Florence. And it’s no coincidence that the first comments were from Veronica, Elisa, Selene, and Miriam, the partners of the other four Azzurri with whom Belotti had also shared the National Team for a period. “Thank you for the wonderful moments we spent together, we await your return whenever you wish. Good luck on this new adventure, lots of love,” the words of Lady Pellegrini. Many parties and moments spent together, the lockers adjacent to Trigoria, or like Giorgia’s birthday in October 2022 and the Christmas dinner last year when Mancini and his Elisa announced to their friends that they are expecting their third child. These are bonds that remain, but Belotti isn’t allowed to bring onto the pitch when it comes to ‘penalizing’ Roma. Today, the Rooster will once again embrace Mancini and Pellegrini, given that Cristante is injured and, in the meantime, Spinazzola has moved to Napoli. However, he will soon attempt to deliver them a severe setback as he seeks crucial survival points for Como, who are coming out from two consecutive draws, aside from his second consecutive goal which could cement his place as a permanent player in the team. It seems the assistant has nothing to translate as the text provided does not include anything to translate.