De Rossi and the anecdote about the derby: “This is how I made the players understand the importance of beating Lazio”

DE ROSSI DERBY – Special guest of the ‘Coach Experience’ in Rimini, Daniele De Rossi he spoke at length in front of an audience of over 400 coaches. Many topics were touched upon, from the beginning of his career at Spal, to tactical ideas up to his new experience on the bench Rome. Among the various anecdotes revealed, one of the most curious concerns the preparation of the derby against Lazio on 6 April, won 1-0 by the Giallorossi thanks to Mancini’s goal.

“I have respect for Lazio. But in preparation for the match I wanted to explain to him how important it was for us to beat Lazio, moreover we hadn’t won in many derbies”, explained DDR in the words reported by IlRomanista. “But I saw that the message wasn’t getting through. So I changed my strategy: I asked the Portuguese ‘which team did you hate when you were a kid? Sporting Lisbon’. To the Turk: ‘And you? Fenerbahce. I asked the German, the French and the others the same question and charged them: Now think that you have to play against the team you hated as kids and break them…”.

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