🥹 Olimpico's tearful goodbye to Ranieri: "Thank you endlessly" 💔
Claudio Ranieri bids farewell to the Olimpico, and this time it's for the last time. From next season, he will no longer be the coach of Roma: he will experience the stadium as a manager, but the emotions won't be the same.
He knows it well, the Giallorossi fans know it well, who sang his name for 90 minutes. Knowing that he will still be behind the scenes of the Roma to come is a relief, but there will be no one like him.
Ranieri was always present when his Roma needed him. Only Sir Claudio could find the cure to overcome a very difficult first part of the season. Europe seemed like an unattainable dream, with him it became a reality.
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— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) May 18, 2025
In the last matchday of the championship, the Giallorossi will play until the end with Juventus for a place in the Champions League, but whatever happens, it will be a success.
The 3-0 win against Milan tonight is the best epilogue that could be imagined, and Roma wanted to thank their leader with a statuette of the Capitoline she-wolf, then, however, came the unforgettable gift.
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The entire Olimpico stadium stood up, tears in their eyes, and the final farewell. The Giallorossi people gathered around Ranieri in one of the most touching moments in Roma's history, and the coach couldn't hold back his emotions.
"Good evening everyone - Sir Claudio began -. I remember that over 60 years ago I was there, among you. Thank you: I had asked for your help because together we could do something great".
Grazie Mister!#ASRoma pic.twitter.com/gpcFr6xc2Q
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) May 18, 2025
Then his mind goes back to the field, one last effort is missing, and Ranieri believes in it: "The last step is missing. I thank these guys who have followed me from day one. But the most important thing is that you understood that we needed your help. Thank you, infinitely thank you".
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