Il Mio Canto Libero On Air · Radio Roma Sound 90 FM

IMCL 03.03.2026

·1 hr 25 min·7 clips

Sandro Nini explains how the Curva Sud taught a lesson about increasing energy in unfavorable moments after Roma's draw with Juventus.

1. Il Mio Canto Libero On Air, presented by Sandro on Radio Roma Sound 90FM, focuses on the aftermath of AS Roma's 3-3 draw with Juventus and the media coverage that followed. 2. Sandro is the sole host, supported by producer Matteo; callers include Fabio, Pino, Claudio, Samuel, Antonio, Giuseppe, and several who send voice messages. 3. The episode's core argument is that Roman media outlets constructed a narrative of catastrophic defeat from a draw in which Roma performed well for 75 minutes before conceding at the death. 4. Sandro describes how, had an alien landed in Rome and listened to local radio after the match, it 'would have imagined a debacle of great proportions' — framing the media coverage as systematically misleading. 5. He reads specific journalist verdicts: one called the 3-3 'a result that sounds at all effects like a defeat'; another wrote 'Roma-Juve downsizes the Giallorossi' and that 'Gasperini's men are not yet mature.' 6. A third verdict he quotes states 'Ranieri would never have lost yesterday's match' — prompting Sandro to ask directly 'did Roma lose?' and answer that it did not. 7. To counter the 'maturity' argument, Sandro notes that Napoli required a last-minute winner to beat Verona away, and that Inter — deemed mature — had lost to Bodø/Glimt, a team only one of three Italian clubs (Lazio, Roma, Inter) managed to qualify past. 8. A caller named Antonio argues that the decisive moment was Juventus's third goal, scored by Boga after a height mismatch between Svelik and the Juve attacker — a moment Sandro agrees illustrates what the coaching staff must now address. 9. Sandro defends Brian Cristante specifically, saying that on the final Juventus assault 'if Cristante had been in the air, who knows where that ball ended up,' given Cristante's known heading quality. 10. The episode discusses Roma's Europa League ambitions against Bologna in the round of 16, with Sandro noting that tickets for the home leg on March 19 are now on sale to all fans following the priority window for season-ticket holders. 11. A caller debate about Europa League versus Champions League spot priority draws out Sandro's view: winning the Europa League delivers the Champions League berth, the trophy, the Super Cup, and prize money — making it unambiguously superior for a club at Roma's level. 12. Caller Giuseppe argues that the Champions League place is more reliable to target through the league, since the Europa League is episodic — one bad night against anyone eliminates you — while Sandro counters that Roma must 'press the accelerator on both.' 13. On the reported post-match locker-room confrontation between Roma players, Sandro says he welcomes it, comparing the atmosphere to the 1982-83 Scudetto squad where 'when Agostino Di Bartolomei spoke in a low voice, no one breathed' and Falcao 'walked two metres above the ground.' 14. Sandro raises the rumour from calciomercato.it that sporting director Frederic Massara's position is uncertain despite a contract until 2028, dismissing the site's sourcing: 'how can they report dressing-room tensions? No journalist enters the dressing room after a match.' 15. He mocks Italian football media for treating a dinner between Gasperini and Totti in Rome as a revelation, presenting it as if it were 'the fourth secret of Fatima,' and for reporting Dybala's newborn child as 'news.' 16. On Nicolò Pisilli, Sandro says he has personally known the player since childhood — 'I watched him play on the fields when he was 8, 9, 10 years old' — and that he now needs to be protected from 'serial storytellers' who will over-analyse his performances. 17. The programme is delivered without a script — Sandro says explicitly 'I come here and I talk about what I feel in my stomach' — and takes the form of unscripted monologue with live call-ins and voice messages. 18. The tone combines passion with self-deprecating humour: Sandro calls himself and the show 'very basic and archaic,' 'bread and mortadella,' and compares listeners who follow sensationalist media to children who need correction. 19. Long-term Roma fans aged 30+ who follow both Serie A and European football politics will connect strongly with the show's combination of result analysis and institutional criticism. 20. Listeners seeking data-driven tactical analysis, transfer news, or calm neutral commentary will find the episode's polemical and emotional register difficult to engage with.

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