Guys, I met Totti two days ago! He was in Tbilisi for the Golden Football Week event, and I managed to meet him afterwards. He signed my book twice (😁), once on the cover and once on the first page. It was such an exciting moment for me. 😍 I was really nervous, I met my childhood hero, the last Emperor of Rome! 💛❤️ I couldn’t miss this chance, so I used my friend’s press pass to get in 😬🫣

Slovan (H), Napoli (A), Cagliari (H), Udinese (A), United (A), Sassuolo (H).

Six games in 19 days... feels like a pretty important stretch for our season. We’ve started well, but playing every 3–4 days is going to test the squad, especially with those away games.

I’d take 8–10 points in Serie A and 4 in the CL. Need to beat Slovan, and hopefully get something at Old Trafford.

What do you think? Predictions for each game? Also curious where you’d rotate, because we’re going to need it.

What are we all saying for January reinforcements? I'm torn on the needs at left and right wing back. Do they keep Wesley on right or left, and do we let Molina battle it out for the main spot on the right with Lulli and Rensch? I think we're good at cf and in the midfield as far as I'm concerned. Potentially an extra CB? Thoughts?;

Goal differential will be crucial in deciding the outcome, and this is surely our weakest opponent

*Bratislava (sorry for the typo)

What a 2nd half, what a goal!

Rough start but feels good to win with our B team. Proud of Lulli and Castro especially

Forza Roma!

ROMA (3-4-2-1) : Gollini; Balerdi, Ndicka, Koulierakis; Lulli, Pisilli, De Roon, Rensch; Soulé, Mora; Castro.
Subs : Vasquez, De Marzi, Rensch, Ghilardi, Mancini, Hermoso, Molina, Di Nunzio, Pellegrini, Paratici, Arena, Camara.

Excited for my first match tonight! I am staying near the Spanish Steps and wondering if you have any advice on the best way to get home. Walking is my first option.

Forza Roma!

I will personally say that for the growth of the club in the long term, UCL's income,prestige and the evaluation of these players at the highest level, Champions League is the better stage, obviously.

BUT, UEL is still a major European trophy, something that we still lack, and more importantly, this years' UEL is truly EMBARASSING. Like i'm not joking, if Juventus and Milan, more so Juventus due to depth, don't end up winning it, they should retire their club.

And you know , Gasperini already steamrolled everyone once, including Liverpool and 51 games unbeaten, Bundesliga Champions Leverkusen.

Yes Malen is out, but this is a great opportunity for Castro to show us he's worth the money we paid for him. Personally, I think he'll show us tomorrrow. I've liked what I've seen from him so far and I hope he has a great game tomorrow.

Yesterday's game was about two things. Paying the tribute to the man who brought the passion back to this club and showing that we can compete with teams like Real Madrid without fear (sine metu).

The first part... Tifosi delivered more than expected and that part was more important for me, than the end result.

Regarding the end result - compare the players and the aerial threat of the players that were finishing the game for Roma nad the ones that were finishing the game for Real. The difference with the quality is simply overwhelming.

It's never nice to lose, but we can be really proud of what our players did for 75-80 minutes. We were finishing the game without Svilar, Mancini, Hermoso, Kone, Cristante - all of them would be helpful while defending corners, and Dybala who'd probably help with maintaining the ball.

It's all the process. We just came back to the Champions League and we were a difficult rival for the ultimate end boss of that competition. There's nothing to be ashamed of.

Yesterday we showed that we belong in the Champions League.

I’m not sure exactly where it comes from – whether it’s the club’s history, the people working around the team, the core players or the city itself which I love – but this team is being ruined by its lack of ambition. We all knew what was going to happen when we conceded the second goal. Only Mourinho was capable of overcoming these ingrained habits when he worked here, but even he could only do so temporarily. Somehow, we have to break out of this. Will we ever able to?

I don’t know if you guys noticed, but the quality of football is amazing in this Roma side. It’s very intense and the reason why we lost yesterday mostly was because the team stamina I was over. Yes there’s been bad substitutions and casting mistakes like Molina but remember by the 75th minutes they seem just stopped running as much and even at end of the first half as well it’s a very intense play.
So yeah, we can definitely say that it was unfortunate XYZ happened corners happened but mostly what I see the side that plays very well and good football, but is a bitch for physically in terms of the stamina

After watching today I truly think we have a starting 11 (except LB) up there with the best teams in Europe. From minute 0-45 and 50-80 we are exceptional but we can be disastrous right after half and in closing matches. Hopefully gasp can fix this tactically and possibly we can add some depth in the window. It's really early in the season still but I think our next 3 games will heavily indicate what caliber of team we will be deep in the season

1. Genoa- a must win to recover form and mentality after today. Lost to them last time and de rossi will want to win back to back. We also have an extremely depleted squad for this one. No malen, dybala?, kone?, cristante, svilar. This is a chance to prove we can win with our rotation lineup the same way inter can. A scudetto contending team must beat bottom table teams every time

2. Slovan- a must win to break the deadlock of 8 years since a ucl win. Also a must win to have a realistic chance of getting out of the group. I think once we pick up a win in ucl we will gain momentum and not seem like we're almost scared to win important games. A win here and it will be much easier to beat utd and sporting

3. Napoli- will show whether or not we're serious contenders. Assuming we win the first 2, we'd be in good form with hopefully some key players recovered. A must win to change the mentality that we can't beat top teams in the league that I think we've had since 3-1 juventus last season

Watching the game, I wouldn't even dream of that performance against Madrid. Scoring 3 goals against Madrid is already an achievement.

We lost to 3 corners which I would say, bad luck. We keep getting equalized or came back. Vs Juventus last season, vs Inter, and now vs Madrid.

I hope we can identify what is lacking in defense.

I am still proud with Roma and the progress. We can be better and better.

Molina is a joke tbh

I am still in shock. The game changed when Kone got injured, but even then somehow we managed to go up 3-1. Then Pellegrini came on and not that the individual goals were his fault, but our entire play fell into pieces with him on the pitch.

Molina was horrible in defense. Our set piece defensive concentration is terrible.

I would’ve been OK with a point as it would’ve helped us for qualification, but even that would’ve been disappointing after being up by two goals.

It does not win titles point blank

I know we just lost, and it is extremely painful and the sadness is real. However, for around 80 minutes our team showed that we can beat anyone in the world, even Real Madrid. It was the subs that ruined it, but better recruitment can happen. It was the willpower and determination from our starting 11 (plus Pisilli) that showed who Roma are and I'm still proud of us. Daje!

Holy fuck.. I believe in you Gasperini, I trust you, I'm grateful for everything you're doing.. but HOLY FUCK! Was he even watching the same game?

What an absolutely disastrous performance from Molina... Misplaced passes, giving the ball away in dangerous areas, and offering absolutely nothing defensively. Hermoso had to shoulder the entire burden on the left side of the defence on his own throughout the match, particularly when dealing with Endrick. Where was Molina? How can a player like him stay on the pitch for 90 minutes?

I won't single out any one player and hold him responsible for the defeat, but this could have been avoided with greater discipline out wide. You have Rensch and Lulli on the bench, or even Ghilardi in a worst-case scenario.

I've said it in previous matches, and I'll say it again: nobody in the world understands Gasperini's substitutions, not even the players themselves.