Eyebrows were raised when the former Italian midfielder and Roma legend replaced José Mourinho in mid-January. The Portuguese coach had a special place in the hearts of Roma fans, despite frankly disappointing results in Serie A over his two-and-a-half-year reign.
De Rossi’s Roma has a great chance to finish in the top four. They just have to be more consistent. They cannot afford to lose or drop points at this moment. The team that is ahead of them, Bologna, has a 3-point advantage over them. Bologna is also performing well at this moment. So it is going to be hard for Roma to actually finish in the top four. But it is obviously still possible. And the way Roma has improved, I think they have enough time to achieve the fourth position and finish in that position. I do not think Roma has any direct threat from Atalanta or Napoli at the moment.
But the problem is Roma is going to face Bologna, Atalanta, Juventus, Napoli, Milan in future matches. So it is going to be really hard for them to actually improve their standing and be on the 4th position in the end.
usually coaches who are slightly younger have new strategies that are suitable enough to be able to provide improvements like what Roma is currently experiencing.
If we talk about the remaining match schedule for this season, it's not just Roma that has a tough match schedule, but also several top teams will have matches against teams that can make it difficult to reach a higher position and I'm sure that De Rossi can at least survive until the end of the season maintains Roma to finish in the best position to get a UCL ticket or at least a ticket to the european league.
Mourinho has given a lot to Roma, let's not forget that he managed to win a European trophy like the conference league and reach the Europa League final last year. Roma had not achieved these results for decades, and even if the conference league is not as prestigious as the Champions League it still brings home some prestige and fills the trophy cabinet.
Daniele De Rossi has been doing well since coming to the Roma bench, but will he be able to do better than Mourinho?
It is hard to say, and he should win the Europa League