Annually, I complain. You complain. Everyone complains. Well, we did. Last year, the gods smiled on Roma with a delightfully balanced schedule designed to test a top flight club on a very moderate level. Roma took this largesse and decided to light itself on fire. Love her. Now we're back with the "computers" and "chance" and "randomness" and oh for @#$%'s sake it's Serie A there's some dude fielding calls in the back doling out scrumptious fixtures to those offering the most pasta primavera, good grappa and girls of legal age, Silvio swears. Or something. Lottery my ass.
This is what Roma was "bestowed" this year. The old bete noir, returning after doing penance in Serie B, has been offered up on the opening weekend. Away. As far as bad jujus go, this is as real as it gets, lassies.
Otherwise, it's actually really balanced outside of that back-end with Milan, Fiorentina and Juventus in three out of four weeks before turning it around quickly for the return fixtures. Now it's Roma's to screw it all up.
1a giornata: LIVORNO-ROMA
2a giornata: ROMA-VERONA
3a giornata: PARMA-.ROMA
4a giornata: ROMA-LAZIO
5a giornata: SAMPDORIA-ROMA
6a giornata: ROMA-BOLOGNA
7a giornata: INTER-ROMA
8a giornata: ROMA-NAPOLI
9a giornata: UDINESE-ROMA
10a giornata: ROMA-CHIEVO
11a giornata: TORINO-ROMA
12a giornata: ROMA-SASSUOLO
13a giornata: ROMA-CAGLIARI
14a giornata: ATALANTA-ROMA
15a giornata: ROMA-FIORENTINA
16a giornata: MILAN-ROMA
17a giornata: ROMA-CATANIA
18a giornata: JUVENTUS-ROMA
19a giornata: ROMA-GENOA
(Reverse order for the return fixtures. Full schedule, with dates, later.)