Seven newspapers react to Spalletti's return

Let's have a look at how these seven newspapers reacted to the news of the Tuscan coach's return to the Giallorossi dugout...

La Repubblica

He will impose his own Holy Trinity: "The team, hard work, the objective". He wants a Roma side that is full of running, organised and tight, quick to play on the counter and aggressive in defence. There will be less possession in favour of one-touch football, overlaps on the wings and a high tempo.

Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno

The coach from Certaldo had a lot of success in his first four years at the club, including the record of 11 back-to-back victories, wonderful football with Francesco Totti as a false nine, three runners-up spots, two Coppa Italia triumphs, one Italian Super Cup and two quarter-final finishes in the Champions League. Luciano Spalletti's return to Trigoria means he's got the league title in mind and achieving something that the fans still remember with pleasure.

Il Resto del Carlino

"I'm coming back to finish what I started". The Spalletti era will officially begin when he takes charge of his first training session before the home match against Verona. He needs to figure out if he'll go straight back to his trademark 4-2-3-1, which here at Roma produced countless successes and some wonderful football. Shape, speed, an attacking mindset, obsessive attention to detail, tactical drills until exhaustion – there are no doubts around Spalletti's qualities.

Leggo

And so begins the (re)turn of Luciano Spalletti, the last manager under whom Roma won anything. Two Coppa Italias and one Italian Super Cup, to be precise. He’s quite a big deal around these parts – “tanta roba”, as the Tuscan coach might say – thanks to that success and the memory of some champagne football that brought the best out of Totti, edging him closer to Silvio Piola in the all-time goalscoring charts.

Libero

The Tuscan is one of the most widely acclaimed coaches in the history of AS Roma and he truly did allow the fans to dream of a Scudetto win during his adventure with the club between 2005 and 2009. During that time Roma finished second on three occasions, won two Coppa Italias and one Italian Super Cup (the last trophy won by the Giallorossi, in 2008), masterminded a record 11-match winning streak and enabled Totti – reinvented as a false nine – to score 26 goals and bag the Golden Boot. He also oversaw some of the most scintillating football of the last ten years, with Simone Perrotta embodying the team’s attacking verve as he scored 20 goals from midfield between 2006 and 2008.

Il Messaggero

Spalletti lived a simple life, with much of it revolving around his work at Trigoria, where he often arrived at nine in the morning and stayed until eight at night. He’s a coach that leaves nothing to chance. He takes care of the details and is capable of making time stand still until he sees what he wants.

Corriere della Sera

A great coach on the sidelines, he’s able to turn his team around like few others can. He invented a system – the 4-2-3-1 with Simone Perrotta as the “destroyer” and Francesco Totti as a false nine – that provided real entertainment and was capable of winning at Lyon and the Santiago Bernabeu.