Football Season Guide

Roma's supporters are waiting for the arrival of a second Messiah to bring them back at the top of the Italian football. In the past season, Luis Enrique was expected to be the one but he proved to be otherwise. And so he was let go. Now, Zeman, who returns at the helm of the Wolves after thirteen years, was hailed as the one and he will be expected to give the team the personality and the play they have been missing in the recent past. He will be asked to repeat the wonders shown by Pescara in the past season. In order to obtain such results, the management first decided to get rid of all those players who had had little playing time in the recent past and whose wages represented a bit of a burden for the club. So, Cicinho, Cassetti, Curci, Juan, Enrique Simplicio, Rosi, Jose Angel and Heinze were all let go. A major loss was certainly represented by Borini's departure. Luckily enough, Destro signed in and he should provide the goals together with Totti, Lamela and Osvaldo. In the past season, the defence leaked like a sieve and so it was strengthened by Castan's, Piris's and Balzaretti's arrivals. They cannot prove to be worse than their predecessors. In the midfield, Gago returned home to Spain and Bradley, from Chievo Verona, was hired. And this surely is an improvement. Then, there is a group of youngsters, like Dodo and Tachtidis, who could earn some playing time as it always happens with Zeman's teams. De Rossi seems likely to leave for an irresistible offer. If it happened, Roma would lose most of their strength in the midfield.