{"id":9234,"date":"2025-04-14T05:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T05:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/ranieri-roma-future-belongs-to-soule-wonderful-to-be-unbeaten-in-derby\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T05:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T05:18:37","slug":"ranieri-roma-future-belongs-to-soule-wonderful-to-be-unbeaten-in-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/ranieri-roma-future-belongs-to-soule-wonderful-to-be-unbeaten-in-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranieri: ‘Roma future belongs to Soule, wonderful to be unbeaten in derby’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ROME, ITALY – APRIL 13: Claudio Ranieri, Head Coach of AS Roma, looks on prior to the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Claudio Ranieri insists \u2018the future belongs\u2019 to Matias Soul\u00e9 at Roma after the 1-1 draw with Lazio and it is \u2018wonderful\u2019 to end his coaching career with an unbeaten Derby della Capitale record.<\/p>\n

Alessio Romagnoli rose to nod in the Luca Pellegrini free kick, but Soul\u00e9 equalised with a spectacular left-foot curler from outside the box that bounced in off the underside of the crossbar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could\u2019ve been better, it could\u2019ve been worse,\u201d Ranieri told DAZN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were backing off them in the first half and I didn\u2019t like that, we needed our wingers forward to cause their full-backs problems, but instead we kept inviting Lazio forward. It was a tense derby, as it usually is.<\/p>\n

\u201cLazio did a little more in terms of scoring opportunities, we did less, but I will take the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soul\u00e9 had struggled to make his mark in the Roma jersey, but seems to be growing in confidence, especially after Paulo Dybala\u2019s season-ending injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he starts from wide, he can take the reins of Roma, but we weren\u2019t giving him the right service in the first half,\u201d noted Ranieri.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe needed him to take men on after a cross-field pass, but we were too slow in finding him and kept giving Lazio the chance to double up the marking. He was far more incisive in the second half. Soul\u00e9 is a player who has quality, knows where the goal is, and the future is his, because he has everything it takes to flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ranieri on Roma leaders and tactical temptation<\/h2>\n
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ROME, ITALY \u2013 APRIL 13: Matias Soul\u00e8 of AS Roma celebrates first goal during the Serie A match between Lazio and Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi \u2013 SS Lazio\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dybala is out until at least September following surgery, but he insisted on sitting on the Roma bench this evening to be there with his teammates in the Derby della Capitale.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a leader on the pitch, he was a leader in the locker room, now unfortunately he is a non-playing leader, but he remains with the lads at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Considering that Eldor Shomurodov\u2019s introduction also sparked a comeback to equalise against Juventus, is Ranieri thinking about using the Uzbekistan international from the start with Artem Dovbyk too?<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that we are more vertical and decisive with two strikers, but if I play them both from the start, I don\u2019t have any other options to take off the bench. That is the only thing holding me back, I have the idea of using them together until Friday, then I get nervous,\u201d confessed Ranieri.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realise Dovbyk feels less isolated up there with him, so it is up to me to find the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ROME, ITALY \u2013 APRIL 13: A general view as fans of AS Roma form a TIFO and raise banners prior to the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on April 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ranieri is adamant he will retire this summer, so he managed to end his career with a remarkable record, never losing a single edition of the Derby della Capitale as coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was thinking about it before the match and now afterwards, but it\u2019s not something you think about during the game. I am a man of few words, I can say it is wonderful for me as a Romanista to be unbeaten, I would\u2019ve preferred to end with a victory, but you can\u2019t have everything in sport or in life, you have to accept it,\u201d smiled Ranieri.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I will miss the most is the Stadio Olimpico when it\u2019s full. All the players who are at Roma will miss it too, it fills you with pathos, sensibility and the desire to keep going beyond your limits. We coaches can only try to make as few mistakes as possible, help our players during their moments of difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The point keeps Roma\u2019s unbeaten run going after seven straight Serie A victories, the draw with Juventus and now this result, but it is only a small step in the fight for European places.<\/p>\n

It remains incredibly close, as 10 points separate third-placed Atalanta from Milan in ninth.<\/p>\n