Daniele De Rossi Is Doing What Jose Mourinho Couldn't Do At AS Roma

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Adesina David

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Since becoming manager of AS Roma, Daniele De Rossi has seen his side lose just one game out of his opening 10 in charge of the club.

De Rossi replaced Jose Mourinho on January 16, 2024, following the dismissal of the Portuguese due to a run of poor results.

Daniele De Rossi has turned the fortunes of the team around, getting them to play swashbuckling and free-flowing football.

The Italian great watched his side annihilate Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton at the Stadio Olimpico by 4 unreplied goals.

Paul Dybala netted the opener in the 13th minute before Romelu Lukaku increased the home side's lead 2 minutes before the end of normal time in the first 45.

Gianluca Mancini made it 3, four minutes after the hour mark, while Bryan Cristante put the icing on the cake in the 68th minute.

AS Roma have turned a new leaf under Daniele De Rossi and that has seen them ascend to 5th on the Serie A table, with 47 points from 27 matches.

The Giallorossi's are 4 points adrift of Champions League places, with Bologna currently occupying the final guaranteed UEFA Champions League spot.

In their previous 10 competitive matches, they were victorious in 7, losing 1 and drawing 2.

Both draws came against Feyenoord in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 - playing out a 1-1 draw in Rotterdam and in Rome, before clinching progress, following a 4-2 win via penalties.

The only defeat they suffered in their last 10 games, was against Serie A league leaders Inter Milan.

The encounter ended 2-4, with AS Roma fighting hard against the title-chasers, but ultimately buckling due to the Nerazurri's superior quality.

Daniele De Rossi is engineering a monstrous team, and being a Roma legend, having spent nearly the entirety of his playing career at the club, the job has gone smoothly thus far.

De Rossi is game-by-game inputting his philosophy in the Italian side and they have displayed it impressively since he became gaffer of the side.

Daniele De Rossi outwitted another Italian in Roberto De Zerbi, despite being manager of the Giallorossi for about 2 months.

The 40-year-old's previous coaching experience was at Serie B side SPAL and he failed to deliver at the club.

The former Boca Juniors man was appointed boss of SPAL on October 11, 2022, and he was fired on February 14, 2023, leaving the club in 18th place in the Serie B log.

Anyway, he appears to have learned a lesson or two from his time at SPAL, and he is experiencing a blissful honeymoon managerial spell at AS Roma.

Meanwhile, Daniele De Rossi's side return to action on Sunday, March 10, 2024, facing Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Italy.