James Horncastle (Romanista btw):
Its also worth remembering how Roma started the season. They won each of their opening 10 games, establishing a new Serie A record. So far they have lost only twice in the league. Never before in their history have Roma had as many points after 29 games as they do now.
To add another layer of perspective, their current total of 67 would be enough for them to be leading Serie A in 11 of the 12 years since their last Scudetto in 2001. If Roma maintain their seasonal points-per-game average over the remaining nine games, they will finish on 87, the total that an improving Juventus retained their title with last May.
And yet, quite incredibly, but for an improbable collapse, Roma wont be lifting the shimmering Serie A trophy aloft at the end of this campaign. Therell be no pitch invasion at the Stadio Olimpico, no celebrations in Circo Massimo. Somehow this Roma side, which most neutrals would argue really deserves a piece of silverware to commemorate what has been an unprecedented campionato by their standards, are in second place and trailing Juventus, who have played a game more, by 14 points.