11.04.2024 11.58pm by Antonello Gioia
Source: by the correspondent at San Siro, Antonello Gioia
Daniele De RossiRoma coach, is present in the press conference at the end of the match between Milan and Roma, valid for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals and won by the Giallorossi 0-1 thanks to a goal by Gianluca Mancini.
Follow the Giallorossi coach’s statements live with the live text on MilanNews.
Have you seen the derbies that Milan lost to replicate today’s performance?
“I’ve seen a lot of matches, my staff has seen a lot of them; they also work at night to find details that can perhaps solve the matches. Great ideas also come from teams that have lost against Milan. We also watched the derbies obviously, but I watched Milan a lot.”
Great game from your full backs…
“Leao and Pulisic are not normal players, the full-backs played a super game and I am very satisfied with them.”
Great move El Shaarawy to the right…
“We’re happy, we prepared the game in the round: everything had to go well to win against Milan. I think that with strong teams you have to keep the ball more, because maybe Leao takes 20 balls instead of 50 and it hurts less. Then when we they pressed hard, it was important not to falter and go at Lukaku: best performance from Lukaku today.”
Four clean sheets in a row…
“Defensive solidity starts from everything, starting from giving him the ball a little less than we are used to keeping it. Then we raised the level of attention. It takes time to test the concepts. At the Coverciano course they tell us that no you can think about not conceding goals; Ulivieri tells us to choose how to concede goals. It takes time to assimilate things, but in my opinion we are coming out well. I told the team that I don’t accept an inch less than the attitude seen in the derby, then we can also play well or badly…”.
How to manage the return?
“They certainly thought they could win at home, to then be able to manage the return leg. So their attitude could be the same, but if we play 90 minutes at the Olimpico like the last 10 here we’re doomed.”
The conference ends here.
