Soccer is full of invisible wounds, rambling routes and subtle revenges. When the hype threw Sevilla FC- AS Roma into the knockout stages of the Europa League, many thought of Monchi . Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo (San Fernando, Cádiz, 1968) interrupted his idyll with the Nervione entity in March 2017. "Anonymous love is the greatest thing that I take with me. I want this to be a goodbye, not a goodbye," he prophesied in his farewell. He left behind a level of self-demand that was already gnawing at his bone. He needed to go out, find a club that didn't sting him so deep, and move his heart to his brain. Rome was a good destination. A historical man wanting to give metal to his showcases. Its owner, James Pallota, I trusted him. "I couldn't be happier," said the Italian-American millionaire when the signing of his new sports director was made official. Monchi would be the architect of a new Rome, more regular, without waste, trying to take advantage of the decline of some great teams from Calcio, these lost in their own doubts. A project with a long gaze that seduced the fans; he was the right man at the right time. Dreaming was allowed in the giallorossi stands.
But soccer is drawings on the beach. Almost two years later, Monchi was rebuked by Romanist fans who, thanks to Pallota's ponciopilatismo, was pointed out as guilty of the team's bad moment. A season and a half lasted the Italian romance. In his first year his play was understood. It was time to revolutionize an irregular template. Di Francesco was a desired coach after demonstrating his solvency at the helm of Sassuolo. After finishing third in Serie A and having reached the Champions League semifinals, eliminating Barcelona, the team had earned the trust they had received. Totti's march became lighter. It seemed like the beginning of something, an exciting touchdown. But when summer came, things started to go wrong.
Fans did not understand the decapitalization of talent on the roster. The Monchi method needs, in addition to a high percentage of success in new hires, some confidence on the part of the stands. Allison, Nainggolan and Strootman left the team and those who came, N'Zonzi, Defrel, Pastore or Kluivert , did not shine. The team soon stopped fighting for the League and was thrashed with a bang in the Cup, 7-1 was endorsed by Fiorentina in quarters. Di Francesco's men only had the Champions' smile left, but Porto put the cross on a project that already seemed buried. The coach was dismissed and Monchi left the club by mutual agreement.
"His plan B was to follow plan A," said Pallota after the islander's departure. "The two years I have lived in Rome do not change. If I had to sign again, I would," Monchi said on his return to Seville, terminating hostilities. His time at Calcium had been an apprenticeship and a spur. With that he stayed. A soccer stonecutter who returned home with a green spirit and a desire to modernize the club. Move it to the new offices in the Ciudad Deportiva José Ramón Cisneros Palacios, have his office a few meters from the lawn, cook the new Sevilla with care, with his usual snacks but with new ingredients. Make the jump, that eternally pending jump. Rub shoulders with financial giants. Keep the balance. Take care of the small to grow big.
Monchi's return has been monumental. Lopetegui , a personal bet little understood by management and fans, has achieved fourth place with the same points as third. Nervionenses football is reassuring. Transfers like Koundé, Diego Carlos or Lucas Ocampos have exorbitant the roster. The Europa League, its fetish competition, comes in a dreamlike moment, after finishing the League in a great peak of form, with the Champions assured and with a single fault, the elimination copera against Mirandés.
AS Roma has finished its domestic competition practicing a very vertical and improved football after the change of system of Paulo Fonseca , with three defenses, more parapet and harmonic, and with Zaniolo as a great revelation. A footballer who was signed, precisely, by Monchi. A poison that is already alien to him. As are also Fazio and Perotti , who went from white to imperial red, and who will be on the pitch at the MSV-Arena tonight. Successes that will now turn against him, memory of a game full of scars, returns and broken hopes.
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