April 27, 2024 (modified April 27, 2024 | 5:13 pm)
The Giallorossi coach presents tomorrow’s match: “It will be a hostile environment, but we are ready to play even on opposing pitches”. Then on the Abraham-Azmoun couple: “It’s a repeatable experiment”
No pre-Naples press conference for Daniele de Rossi. The Giallorossi coach, however, gave an interview to the club’s official microphones. Here are his words:
“The biggest difficulty at the moment is preparing lots of close matches, having a few days to prepare for them and having strong opponents like Napoli in this case, like Bologna and Udinese, and all the upcoming ones. Fresh forces would be needed, but in most cases the others also have many commitments. Let’s not feel sorry for ourselves, it’s a match that will be very difficult because we are facing perhaps the only team that is close to Inter in terms of level of players. Last year they were unplayable, this year they had difficulties but we are going to face a tough team.”.
On an environmental level, what game are you expecting?“There is always this strong rivalry. On the day of my farewell I made a joke about the Roma fans who I missed at home but also my opponents who made me feel important. Naples was a stadium that, due to the sporting hatred that I felt reserved made me feel like someone who was considered. I certainly wasn’t indifferent. Tomorrow maybe there will be a bit of nervousness towards their team in Europe”.
Does the victory in Udine help? “Absolutely yes. It shouldn’t help too much because we didn’t do anything, we regained 3 points that we would have liked to take against Bologna. We’ve tidied things up a bit, but nothing changes. We don’t have to feel relaxed. Our goal is very difficult to reach also considering the calendar. We must start tomorrow to take another step in that direction.”
How is Ndicka?“He’s fine, he trained and above all with words he immediately made it clear that he felt great. We also see it in training, he’s not afraid of tackles. He’s back as a 100% footballer. He and Mancini will have a good duel ahead given that they will face Osimhen who is one of the strongest strikers in the world. We are very confident that we will be ready to do without a strong player like Leo.”.
The Azmoun-Abraham experiment?“An interesting experiment, even if we think about the fact that we have another striker of the same structure like Lukaku. I also did the same experiment in Frosinone and it didn’t go very well in my opinion, also because of me. We hadn’t prepared this pair well. something repeatable in moments when you want to score and you want to bring presence and centimeters into the area. You can start like this too, as long as there is a different organization that can support these two attackers future we must be ready to have this solution with some more tactical notions”.
From here to the end there will be few alternatives to 3 points.“It’s a bit of everything. I started here three months ago and if they had told me to be fifth, four points behind Atalanta and six from Lazio, with a few matches to go, I would have signed up knowing where we were starting from. We have having rekindled this race, we have made it not just a dream, but something possible. We know that it is difficult. There is the weight of the teams behind us who are very strong, the weight of the calendar which is not easy at all that we played great games against very strong teams like us. We also played bad games against less strong teams. If they had said that Atalanta had scored a point between Cagliari and Verona, the teams would have laughed low-ranking ones can be more annoying than the others”
Roma Women’s champions of Italy. “Great pride, a pinch of envy. I spoke with Spugna and Bavagnoli last night, we are very proud of them. If you make me remember that staircase that Elisa Bartoli and I went down together, I’m really happy for them. The first day they were intimidated a bit like us, it was all new for them. Now it’s up to them to make us feel comfortable because they are the real champions who bring glory here to Rome. We are happy for them, we can’t wait to match them by doing something important for them the team. Women’s football is growing a lot, even the youngest players are of absolute value. It is an important movement for men’s football too. They are as passionate about football as the players their honor as in these cases when you win“.
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April 27, 2024 (modified April 27, 2024 | 5:13 pm)
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