ROMA – After Juventus, Roma became the team for which Paulo Dybala he has played more (95 games to date) and scored more (35 goals). However, cold numbers cannot tell what the Argentine meant for the fans and what Roma has meaning for him. If even now Dybala is struggling to put an end to his link with this city and this team it is only because of the great, great affection that the Roman fans have towards him. Reciprocate yourself. If Paulo, to be clearer, it’s hard to see yourself wearing another shirt it’s because before leaving Roma he would like (wanted?) one thing: to win.
Dybala, the great regret
Tears are the common thread: those shed by many people, especially the little ones, on the evening of the presentation in the square Colosseum, the July 26, 2022when, with the Conference just won, Mou on the bench and him on the pitch everything seemed possible. Those of Budapest, because it wasn’t just “football”, as “Mr. Matic” thought. And those of this summer when Dybala left the Arab millions on the table to give himself another chance in Rome and in Rome. This time the epilogue appears, objectively, different: why Turkish football is not so distant from Italian football and why this season resembles an ordeal. And then maybe, despite the lovethe kids who do the DybalaMask, the thousands of t-shirts sold and the fantastic numbers on social media, it’s better to say goodbye. Shaking hands and with so many regrets for what could have been and wasn’t. However, Dybala was something. Indeed: it was a lot.
Rome, the place of the heart
And plane ticket to happiness, one way with no return: he had won twelve trophies in Turin, he wanted the thirteenth in Rome. He almost succeeded on the night in Budapest. Before the Taylor nightmare, his tears were and will always remain those of any Roma fan. It was Roma’s highest point of the last twenty years, that goal against Sevilla. It was no longer a question of marketing, of Hollywood-style presentation with drones, of elegant trousers and a game shirt. He was no longer the media personality that he wanted to take Roma to another dimensionbut the boy from Argentina who dreamed of conquering the city seen in the films as a child. He succeeded: here he did it marriage proposal to wifehe changed two villas and left a legacy of the World champion medal.
Dybala is still the number 21 of Roma although it was never just that. It was and is the shirt of all childrenthe sudden play, the goal, the dribbling, the assists, the light. It was also too fragile a physique and, perhaps, too high a salary to stomach. Especially when things aren’t going well. And so this time the farewell could seem more concrete than ever. And maybe it will hurt a little less than in the summer. Because sometimes, when you have loved each other so much, you just have to find the courage to say enough.
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