Empoli, Zanetti: “Match compromised immediately, it becomes difficult to recover”

Empoli arrived at the Olimpico back from an important positive streak, but paid dearly for the inattention. Going down by two goals was too much.

Roma makes peace with its fans. Empoli didn’t succeed in the encore of the feat of a few weeks ago when he managed to recover the double disadvantage against Lazio. Paolo Zanetti analyzes the challenge of the Olimpico to the microphones of DAZN.

APPROACH

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A challenge decided by the approach. Empoli went down by two goals taken almost as a photocopy. Two corner kicks, two capitalized situations. Challenge addressed in six minutes. The team tried to come back by pushing in the second half of the first half but Roma conceded very few opportunities to get back into the game. “A game compromised immediately, the team immediately went down by two goals and also lost distance. In the first 20 minutes of the game we didn’t express ourselves as we should. In the remaining 70′ the team also played a good game, we also tried to recover it through the game and our identity but we were not able to break through their defensive wall”.

LESSON

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Empoli arrived at the Olimpico back from an important positive streak, but paid dearly for the inattention. Going down by two goals was too much. “In terms of construction, Empoli built a lot but we were missing the last piece. If the matches are channeled in a certain way, it’s difficult to recover them. We risked four goals from as many dead balls. We knew that Roma have this characteristic for physicality and for a hitter like Dybala. We could have faced the situation differently, but that’s how it went now. Now let’s leave this match behind us, the club has kept the group and has even improved it. There is enthusiasm and the desire to embrace the cause . Exactly what was needed”.