Manuela Giuliano: The Queen in the Middle Part V #2303

Eliot Ben-Ner
6 min readSep 13, 2024

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Roma aims for Back to back: Roma makes huge Splash

After winning the title, Roma felt the need to beef up their squad to make them an even bigger threat than they were. The previous season Juventus was going to upgrade their squad and try to take back the throne. Roma very much maintaining their crown was incredibly important to them. They needed to find a way to make some noise in the market to tighten their strength ahead of the new season with their eyes on back-to-back titles. Pamela Lazaro Left Roma the previous January to join Parma. She eventually departed Parma to join Napoli before the start of the new season. She was incredibly important to the inception of Roma and became one of the more critical pieces in the building of the champion. She had back-to-back seasons with 10 plus goals before the season before She had the most goals ever in a single season. She racked up 20-plus goals in 2 and 1/2 seasons. She wasn’t going to be a part of it anymore. Wenninger decided to retire at the end of the season. Now that deal certainly appears as a master stroke a one-year loan. They won the title and then she retired. Vicki Losada went back to England to join Brighton. Then Liverpool backed up the bank for Sophie Haug As she also went to England. So essentially there were some absentees and roles to fill. Roma wanted to be aggressive and bring in The necessary reinforcements to make Roma a much more difficult proposition. They made a splash very early on. Midfielder Saki Kumagai arrived from Bayern Munich. She is a top 20 player of all time and one of the most decorated midfielders in history with nine League titles and five Champions Leagues. She also scored the crucial penalty in the 2015 Champions League final and the 2013 World Cup. Massive experience In the Champions League and has won everything. This was one of the biggest moves of the summer as Roma wanted to make it extremely clear that they were going to ensure that no one takes them off the throne. They brought in some depth pieces such as Laura Feiersinger from, Frankfurt, Bárbara Latorre, Martina Tomaselli from Sassuolo, Oihane Valdezate from Athletic Bilbao, Eseosa Aigbogun from, Paris FC. Roma did a good job putting their squad together. However, Roma then made another Big splash right before the start of the season. They brought in Evelyn Viens from Kristianstad As the Canadian World Cup star has delivered three consecutive seasons with 10-plus goals. Her arrival probably inevitably was going to mean the departure of an attacking piece at some point. However, Roma now had a lethal attack and added one of the best midfielders of all time who has won everything added depth at Midfield and defensive positions, and still has the vast majority of the team that won them the title. If Roma’s summer proved anything, The message it was sending is that Roma means business The vast majority was under the impression that Roma had one of the best teams in the world certainly the best team in Italy here However, although there were high expectations, no one could have foreseen the historic standards that were about to come in the coming months more particularly Manuela Giuliano was about to embark on hey, season with historic implications individually as Roma’s number 10 was about to take it up to a whole other level.

Manuela Giuliano Became an Attacking Threat

Roma wasn’t completely able to run it back with the same team. The possibility of winning a title. Another one was still on the radar as they would be the favorites for the next campaign to do it again. Despite losing to Juventus on three different occasions, they won the title by a whopping 14-point margin. The reality of the situation is that had Roma managed to figure out how to beat Juventus consistently They would have possibly gone unbeaten throughout the entire season. It goes even deeper than that. Roma barely drew any games at any point last season in the league. Roma was essentially a stacked death. They drew two games the entire season. Both occurred in the championship round against Inter Milan and AC Milan outside of that there were two options. Victory or losing to Juventus. Roma was still far and away the best team in Italian football. However, even the Champions were going to have to deal with a bit of shake-up. They still had the mentality and the squad to win the title again. In fact, overall they were probably better than the season before. However, a big Domino would fall. This would change dramatically Manuela Giuliano and her role as she would adapt in a totally different type of way as they would aim To retain their title. In the late part of the summer, Andressa Alves Would complete a move to the NWSL as she would sign for the Houston Dash. The Brazilian scored 14 goals on their way to their first title. Only Valentina Giacinti scored more than the previous season. Historically, Alves is in the top three on Roma’s all-time scoring list. She has been every bit part of Roma‘s meteoric rise to becoming the Juggernaut that they are today. Her departure was a tough one to swallow. Sophie Haug As I said earlier, also left as Roma pocketed 100K in the deal. Sophie’s header against Juventus won them the title. It was a huge moment. Not to mention she played really well in the championship round. In a span of a couple of months, both Alves and Sophie Haug would be gone. This is part of the reason why Roma added Evelyn Viens At the start of the next season, late in the summer. Roma undoubtedly still a favorites, but two key players walked away. These moves indirectly affected Manuela Giuliano. Roma’s Queen in the middle had already established herself as one of the best players in Italy. Even though Haavi was named the Player of the Season. Manuela Giuliano has been a very valuable piece that Roma have built around. She moved into star status last season before she took that next step. The departures of the Brazilian and the Norwegian played a big part in it. Manuela Giuliano during the previous season when they won the title did manage to put together a very formidable season in terms of goal-scoring output with nine goals that season. However, with the absentees Roma was leaving 21 goals off the table. Evelyn Viens ended up being a slam dunk and absolutely delivered that. However, the manner of these events changed. Manuela Giuliano into a more attacking piece. The vast majority of the previous season, although she occasionally went forward to score goals. She operated primarily in the central area. What was to come was rather unexpected. As we know she got a very unique nomination at the end of the season without the departures that were made, it’s hard to imagine. Manuela Giuliano would have caught the attention of the globe the way she did had not transpired. Manuel Giuliano for many years has been one of the very best midfielders on the planet. However, she hasn’t been given the credit or flowers that she deserves for her performances. That being said, the Gap was there for Manuela Giuliano to have a historic season. In the current day, Manuela Giuliano is unquestionably the best player in Italian football. Ahead of the 2023–2024 season, she was top five but she hadn’t exactly established herself as the number one as of yet. That season would be historic. She contributed and was the centerpiece of an attack that orchestrated outrageous numbers across the board from their attacking pieces. Their front three became a front four. Manuela Giuliano being at the center of all of it.

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