The Ranieri cure works. Roma, after the 4-1 against Lecce, also beat Braga 3-0 and take a decisive step forward towards qualifying for the round of 32 of the Europa League.

And the one who benefits from the treatment is also and above all the captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, of whom Ranieri has spoken several times in the last press conferences. Excluded in the last three games ("I will put him back on the field when I see him calm again", Ranieri had said) today he opened the scoring and from his feet came goals, plays and crossbars that cancelled out the whistles of the last period.

After the captain's goal, Abdulhamid and Hermoso also scored, with the Giallorossi also helped by the expulsion of Matheus who left Braga with 10 men midway through the second half. And Pellegrini's goal, with the subsequent embrace between the player and the coach, testifies to the great abilities, first and foremost human, of the Roman coach, capable of rebuilding a dressing room in disarray and recharging a player who seemed almost finished this year.

Roma, led by Ranieri with 5 points in 4 matches and at serious risk of elimination despite 24 out of 36 teams qualifying in the maxi group, have definitively relaunched themselves with the 4 points obtained in the last two (the draw at Tottenham was also precious) and are now very close to qualifying for the next round.

Fiorentina show instead in the Conference League. Palladino's team overwhelms the Austrians of Lask 7-0 and flies to 12 points in 5 games, ever closer to the direct passage to the eighth-finals. Sottil scored twice, Ikone, Richardson, Mandragora, an own goal by Stojkovic and a penalty by Gudmunsson.

Perfect week for Lazio who also beat Ajax 3-1 thanks to goals from Tchaouna, Dele-Bashiru and Pedro, finding their third victory in three different competitions - after the double success against Napoli between the Coppa Italia and the championship -, maintaining the lead in the Europa League by maintaining their unbeaten record and seeing the round of 16 of the Europa League, now practically a formality .