Difficult, damned difficult. But not impossible. The Scudetto remains quite a long way off, but from today Roma can at least believe in it again. Merit of the victory over Parma in the added time of the 22nd day, which reduces the gap from leaders Juve to 8 points and increases the advantage over Napoli third in the standings to 9. “We are fine, we respond best in all situations – thought Garcia at the press conference. – Juve are a great team and have an important advantage, but there are still 21 points available and we have to score them all. We will try, anything can happen in football and we deserve something, we are having an incredible season. Having said that, however, we must also pay attention to Napoli, second place is not armored ". The French coach was radiant, even if the two goals conceded (especially the last with almost expired time by Biabiany) darkened him a little. "A goal like this shouldn't be conceded, it made me angry" he admitted immediately after the match, showing that perfectionism which, after all, is the key to his splendid creation. In fact, Roma play marvellously and in other years they would certainly be at the top of the table.
However, it is evident that the team still believes in a miracle, as demonstrated by the approach taken to yesterday's match. The Giallorossi started in the 9th minute as per the regulations, it took the Giallorossi just 180 seconds to take the lead, the counter-attack action featuring Destro and Gervinho as protagonists was splendid: the former's shot went off the post and the latter could place it comfortably behind Looking. The game, opened by a very occasional Schelotto, is beautiful and fun. In the 13th minute Gervinho doubles but the referee rightly cancels for offside, in the 15th minute Parma equalizes through Acquah, who invents the 1-1 with a truly applause play. Just enough time to put the ball back in the center of the field for Roma to take the lead again. Pjanic invents the assist from the right, Totti sends the ball under the top corner: 2-1 and 234 goals for the captain. Before the break there was still time for a couple of chances from Destro, who first missed the tap-in in a beaten Mirante, then hit the crossbar with an unstoppable header. But the third goal was only postponed until the start of the second half: in the 49th minute Pjanic pounced on a loose and cold ball against the ducals with a close shot. The match actually ends here and the last two goals (Taddei heads in the 83rd minute and Biabiany from the edge of the box in the 90th minute) serve just the score. The bonus therefore goes to Roma, while Parma, also thanks to two heavy absences such as those of Paletta and Cassano, come out a bit downsized. The Giallorossi side of the capital smiles: from today, the word scudetto is no longer unpronounceable.
