We may have already guessed that AC Milan has been eliminated from the UEL because they were defeated by As Roma. Of course this will not make Inter Milan feel overwhelmed by this week's derby match because AC Milan does not have the confidence to be able to play better, on paper it seems that Inter Milan is far superior. Compared to AC Milan, I am more interested in Bologna's match against As Roma. The rise of As Roma since Mourinho left will certainly be a threat to Bologna. because their point difference is very narrow to get into the top four.
De Rossi certainly wants to show his best game this season because As Roma also want to get a ticket to the UCL next season and they have to get rid of Bologna to get a place and finish in the top four, this is clearly not something that is difficult because Bologna in the last few matches has had poor results. OK, As Roma must be able to take advantage of this moment to be able to win the full three points in order to maintain the point difference with Bologna and get rid of them in the remaining final match. Of course against Bologna is an important match for As Roma.
The situation of Roma before De Rossi's arrival put them in a situation where they have to fix a bit of loops and come on top. Before now, Mourinho has had the responsibility to ensure good league game results and I won't blame him much for the times of loss because their opponents, their opponents in some situations have been too title contenders and personally wouldn't embrace a loss based on the goal they have for themselves.
De Rossi has been given time to show himself. They're playing the league games and as well as the European games, their attention is on 2 trophies, European trophy will be a bit difficult for them and I don't think that currently De Rossi would be able to scale through all the clubs that will be presented to him to face in each advancement phase of the tournament.
Even in the Serie A, it'll be difficult for them to gain the top stand so it's just best that they focus their strength and struggle to maintaining a good result that'll see them scale through to the European cups next season. De Rossi can still make a great team from Roma and their next games encounters are awaited. They played away to Monza weeks ago and the game outcome actually went in their favor.
A game of interest this weekend is the encounter between Roma and Bologna. The former team between the time of Rossi being added to the squad up until now have made useful difference in their approach to games. There's definitely improvement, although they're not at perfect spots on the league table but they still are a promising team who seem to have a greater advantage over their opponent.
Bologna on the other hand are also improved in their performances and they've done their best to stay put in performing greatly till the last of the season. Hopefully the end of the game would favor both teams but it'll be a serious tussle for the two teams as at this point, even though points doesn't really matter to some extent, they still want to finish their games with the 3points victory.