I am really sad to see that this De Rossi period of Roma and their improvement took so little and they suddenly started to be not that great again. I mean they played so well when he first came in, went up in positions, and now looking at it they are back to sixth place.
A team that could have been fourth and do so well, ended up being sixth because of the last few weeks and that is not really that great for them, I hope that they get better and they do not end up with losing much more points. Very few games left, I do not know how they could recover from this and I am fearing that we are going to end up with something that will take some time. I get that we are going to see them be better when De Rossi gets the transfers he wants, but not sure if they will be top four next season either.
The initial good start for DeRossi was provided by the calendar - three games in a row with teams from the very bottom of the standings. Then Roma really became better, at least more interesting - they scored a lot and conceded a lot. But the irony is that those who praised Mourinho's sacking suddenly realize that Roma are finishing the season worse than under him
Last season Roma finished in Serie A with 6th place and saved 63 points and currently Roma is also temporarily in 6th place with 60 points, maybe in the remaining matches they can still get points and finish in 5th place considering that they are still level with Atalanta.
Roma and Atalanta each have 60 points and this is good opportunity for Roma to finish better this season even though their performance is not that good with several defeats and draws.
It just that I think their bad performance occurred because the team was so focused on being able to perform optimally in the Europa League semifinals considering that their opponent was Leverkusen, but in the first leg they still lost at home.
DeRossi has worked as hard as possible but the reality is that they have to suffer quite bitterly, consecutive defeats and draws plus the defeat at home to oppose Leverkusen makes DeRossi considered very bad.
I don't know whether in the future he will remain Roma coach or if there is an option to change coaches, but there no harm in trying to stay in one full season.