AS ROMA NEWS – After yesterday’s knockout on the Empoli pitch which ended Roma’s season, Daniele de Rossi speaks again today, present this morning for the delivery of the Ussi Rome 2024 awards. On the sidelines of the event, the Giallorossi coach released these statements to the reporters present:
When you finish sixth the balance is sufficient because it wasn’t disastrous but it could have been done better.
“We wanted to bring Roma back to the Champions League and the final. I think things have been done in the correct way and we need to do them in the correct way now to move up the level.”
How far is this Rome from your Rome?
“When a coach takes over and finds a team created by another coach, inevitably it’s a bit distant from my idea. There are no coaches who have the same ideas. What I like is that I have the same ideas as society. We discussed what we should do, we have the same ideas with the sporting director, we also spoke yesterday with Lina. Not always all ideas are easy to carry out, but we have bcd plans. I’m confident, but we still have to get into the details.”
Were you upset about last night’s game?
“During the week we had prepared her a lot from a mental point of view. It didn’t matter for the rankings but you have to see how the players behave on the pitch, the competition and the fans who came to see us must be respected. I saw players who respected the game, which is perhaps even more worrying. We played a good game but below our potential, along the same lines as other games that we didn’t face in the best way.”
What characteristics do you want to see in your Rome?
“I’m the one who has to give the players the tools. I want to give them something more, put them in the best conditions. There was a period in which everything seemed perfect, but there were problems even at that moment that the results covered. Many years ago I scored 3-4 goals in the last two games and a more experienced colleague told me “Well done, you did well“. Better to score 5 goals in the last 10 games than to score 10 in September and then not score again. People have the last games left. We too are left with this bittersweet taste for the championship finale, not for last night which was a particular match decided among other things by a player who should have been sent off two minutes earlier. We arrived with empty batteries, we must ensure that this team reaches the end of all competitions. We always talk about Atalanta, but for me that is the model.”
You asked for running and hunger.
“I’m the one who has to give him the tools to score. I also want to put them in the best conditions. At one point everything seemed perfect but there were some problems that were covered up with the results. Many years ago I scored two goals in the last matches and a colleague of mine told me ‘you did well’ because it’s better to score them in the last ones than in the first ones because people remember the last ones. We too are left with this bittersweet taste of this championship finale. Yesterday we lost due to a goal from a player who should have been sent off two minutes earlier and I’m sorry. We have finished with empty batteries and we must ensure that this team reaches the end of all competitions. Atalanta is the example to follow. I had no doubts that Atalanta would get the points they needed to get because I saw them before the Italian Cup final. They’re built that way and they know they have to do that stuff and they do it well. Then they also lost points but I had few doubts about it. We didn’t have to expect anything, we had to get the points earlier throughout the year.”
Dybala’s future?
“I am satisfied with the relationship I have with him, he has always been strong in training and in matches when I asked him to chase some players. I won’t say anything about his future, because facts and not words count. Football projects are being disrupted by players and agents, so to say today that it remains is a boomerang. With a good project, Roma can win some cups again.”
