De Rossi: “I don’t like celebrating draws, but there is great enthusiasm”

Daniele De Rossi takes stock at the end of the first league draw of his management. After the 2-2 draw in Florence at the last minute, the Roma coach recognized that not everything went according to plan: “The difficulties? They also depend a little on my choices. We didn’t have a good first half, it was limp from every point of view. The second half went better, but we kicked too little for how long we kept the ball. We have to work on it.” Ddr continues: “Some analysis needs to be done. After the three Europa League games, we always had three bad first halves. Frosinone, Turin and today. And every time I put the defense at 3 to give the team more security (laughs, ed.). It is clear that they do not need this security. Perhaps we need to analyze this fact. When I see them tired, I return to a system that made them feel safe and that made them unbeatable. Because it was very difficult to score against Roma when they played with five. Instead they are evidently a bit in rejection of that module. I’ll have to think about it carefully next time.”

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The coach then explains Mancini’s substitution which arrived after just half an hour, in which the Giallorossi centre-back had already been booked: “I don’t even need to talk to Mancio. The stadium was asking for the second yellow card more than a goal, it’s not a technical change, it’s just to prevent the red card. This protest was strong in the stadium, in my opinion he would have been sent off shortly thereafter.” Despite the draw coming in full stoppage time, however, De Rossi does not hide a hint of regret for what seems to all intents and purposes to be a missed opportunity also in light of the results of the direct competitors in the race for a place in the Champions League: “Don’t lose a match like this is fundamental not only for the standings, but for the enthusiasm in the locker room. I don’t like celebrating draws, however, we played against a great team in a difficult stadium. We stayed in the game with the right attitude until the end, in a long championship there are also these evenings. It’s day and night between losing and drawing. Not only for the ranking, but also for the enthusiasm under the curve at the end of the match.”

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The good news instead concerns Dybala’s condition: “Dybala played a great game. He came to get the ball even in positions less suited to his usual. He came to give us a hand. He came out, he doesn’t have anything special, he says he’s fine, he’s just a little tired but he’s okay because he’s played a lot of matches”. The other positive note is undoubtedly the performance of Aouar, who was good at responding after difficult weeks spent between the infirmary and the bench: “Aouar is strong, very strong. He scored a good goal, I’m happy because it will give him morale. I’m happy that he played 90 minutes, he deserves the goal. He didn’t have a great first half, then like everyone else he grew. I’m happy with him, he understands that I like his evolution. When I arrived he was a slightly different player. With his morale skyrocketing, he can give us a great hand.”