The coach after the victory over Sassuolo: “Paulo can play anywhere, Dovbyk entered well even playing wider. Now we’re going back to winning at home after the two knockouts in a row”
Gasperini’s Roma immediately returned to flying, beating Sassuolo and regaining the top of the table. A fact that hasn’t been recorded in these parts and at this point of the season since 2013. The victory over Sassuolo was signed by Dybala and bears the mark of Gasp’s new structure with the light attack and the change of role for Cristante. At the end of the match the coach claims the choices and enjoys the primacy. “I’m really satisfied with first place – he says with a smile – but also with today’s match. Sassuolo is a team that plays well and after two defeats we interpreted it in the right way. The reaction was excellent, this match was important after the bad defeat on Thursday. Now the absolute priority is to get back to winning at home, it’s a shame to give our fans these defeats. We want to give them some good matches, some were unlucky like the one with Inter”.
CRISTANTE AND DYBALA
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Then he analyzes the tactical moves, starting from Cristante’s position. “Pasalic scored 50 goals in that role, but Bryan arrives first in that role – smiles Gasp -. When he was with me he scored 12-13 goals in that position, he is giving us a great hand. Dybala as a centre-forward? Never had any doubts, if anything the others have it. Paulo is an extraordinary striker, he can play in all roles in the department. You have to take advantage of the characteristics of the players you have available”. And among them there is also Dovbyk who took over during the match. “In the second half I asked Dovbyk to play wider, it seems to me he came in well and also provided some nice balls for his teammates – added Gasperini -. He is in very good physical condition, I work on all the players I have trying to improve them. Then I have to find a solution up front because this is the aspect we still need to improve. I do some experiments in the match now having everyone available. Playing many matches sometimes helps, we will get there to the desired results, perhaps being more careful not to concede a goal in the first minutes.”