Amorim on football in Italy:
“I believe we need to sell the league much better than we are.
There’s so many brilliant coaches and great ideas… sometimes the way you sell the product is just as important that the product itself.”
🚨🔴🔵 Bologna reach verbal agreement to sign Arthur Theate from Eintracht, here we go!
Initial loan deal with €15m buy option clause and 15% sell-on clause. 🇧🇪
The defender returns to Bologna; set for medical and travel in next 24h.
🚨 LA CINQUIÈME PLACE DE LA FRANCE 🇫🇷 À L’INDICE UEFA EST MENACÉE ! ⚠️
Il n'y a désormais plus que 3,603 points entre la France et le Portugal. 😰
L'enjeu pour la Ligue 1 cette saison est de conserver cette cinquième place à l'indice UEFA et donc de maintenir son giron de sept clubs sur la scène européenne pour l'exercice 2028-2029.
🗞️ @lequipe
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Heute starten wir in die neue Saison mit einem Heimspiel gegen den VfB Stuttgart in unserer Allianz Arena. 🏟️🔥
#Spielfreude#Packmas 💪
I’m very happy with this draw. We’ve been starved of the opportunity to go up against a giant, so having three big clubs in there is exciting. It’s been way too long.
Fenerbahçe, Lille, Sporting, Slovan Bratislava and AEK Athens are all games where Roma will be considered favourites. Of course, each of those matches will present different challenges. They’re not “easy” — at the end of the day, it’s the Champions League.
That said, since the introduction of the new league-phase format, 12 points is pretty much a lock to qualify. Last season, 9 points with a respectable goal difference was enough. Roma should be expected to take at least 10 of 15 points from those five fixtures — and that’s me being conservative. If they can’t, they never deserved to advance in the first place.
Winning four of those five is very possible and would certainly make life a lot easier. That would guarantee them a spot in the knockout phase. But it’s the Champions League, and it’s also Roma — we shouldn’t expect any game to be straightforward.
Then, of course, you’ve got the Real Madrid, PSG and United games. I don’t view United as being anywhere near the same tier as the other two, but they’ve got a lot of talent and they’re a historic club. You’re mostly playing with house money in those fixtures, and they’re definitely the ones I’m looking forward to most. This version of Roma is capable of giving any team problems on the right day. Let’s see what happens.
It feels good to be back. 🟡🔴🏆