Tags: Soccer Club Season.
A.S. Roma crashed down to earth following its previous two remarkable seasons where it had won Serie A in 2000–01 and finished a close second in 2001–02. Despite the acqustion of Pep Guardiola as central midfielder he did not apparently fit into Fabio Capello’s first-team plans. The squad was essentially the same as the year before and Guardiola’s absence from the starting XI spoke volumes about the reputation of the Roma players at the time.