AS ROMA NEWS – Seven consecutive wins, an impenetrable defense and a bomber who only scores heavy goals. Claudio Ranieri’s Roma are traveling at Champions League pace and are preparing to face a fiery April, with direct clashes against Juventus and Lazio will say a lot about the Giallorossi’s European ambitions. The 2025 numbers speak for themselves: with 32 points won since the Roman coach’s arrival, no one in Europe’s top five leagues has done better. But now come the toughest games. Those in which Artem Dovbyk will have to prove that he can be decisive even in the big matches.
The Ukrainian striker is responding to criticism in his own way, with goals. After Cagliari, he also unlocked a complicated game in Lecce, putting his signature on three crucial points. His exultation? Always the same: motionless, as if to reiterate that his job is to score, no frills. But Saturday night a smile escaped him, right before Baldanzi jumped on him like a backpack and the whole team showered him with hugs. And then Mancini’s phrase, which immediately went viral among the fans: “You have to break through them all, you’re strong.” A full-blown investiture.
If Dovbyk’s goals have brought Roma 15 actual points, it is the defense that is the team’s real secret weapon. Five of the last seven victories have come by the score of 1-0, a figure that is unmatched in Serie A. Svilar has collected six clean sheets in the last seven matches, 12 in the season. Numbers that tell of the extraordinary work of Ranieri, capable of transforming a fragile team into a wall that is difficult to break down. Since his arrival, in fact, Roma is the team that has conceded the fewest goals along with Inter (13).
Now, however, comes the moment of truth. Sunday at the Olimpico will be Juventus, a challenge that Roma will face without Saelemaekers (disqualified) and without Dybala, still in the pits along with Rensch and Saud. But Ranieri’s team has shown it can win even without its Argentine star. The Giallorossi are four points off fourth place and six off third, with Atalanta in sharp decline. The Champions dream is no longer a utopia. More nights of suffering, more Dovbyk goals and an impenetrable defense will be needed. The train to Europe goes through April. And Roma is ready to get on it.
Sources: The Messenger / The Republic / Leggo
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