The Giallorossi fall at the Olimpico and slip to -1 behind Milan and Naples. The Roma coach: “The championship is long, the match will serve as a lesson for us”
No escape, actually. Gasperini’s Roma fell at home to Napoli and slipped to fourth place even if -1 behind the leading pair. A disappointing performance from the Giallorossi who only became truly dangerous towards the end with a shot from Baldanzi. Gasperini, disqualified, observed the match from one of the boxes in the stands. Gritti went to the bench but it was Gasperini who spoke at the end of the match. Starting from the episode that led to Napoli’s goal and which was perhaps tainted by a foul by Rrahmani on Konè.
do it on koné?
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“These episodes can be seen in many ways. I struggle to be clear, the Napoli player raises his foot after touching the ball and goes to trip Koné. Slips like this are always whistled, it’s not as clear as Marelli says. However, on the occasion of the goal we did badly and were exposed, given that Hermoso and Mancini were out of position as well as the wingers. We put our best foot forward, we shouldn’t have conceded these counterattacks. It was our mistake, it’s a shame.” And it’s not the only mistake that Gasp highlights on the part of his team even if he recognizes an alibi. “If we look at it, they too shot very little – continues the coach -. It was a blocked game, we didn’t approach it with the right energy. Maybe we paid for Thursday’s match in the Europa League this time. We weren’t clear-headed, we moved the ball slowly. Unfortunately we arrived tired and tied up in such a difficult match”.
the big matches
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They have conceded 4 goals on the counterattack this season. “But I don’t think it’s an engine or set-up problem – clarifies Gasperini” we have conceded few goals so far. Maybe if you play another way you get more in another way. This way of playing allowed us to reach the top of the table”. The other theme concerns the defeats in big matches. But this time, compared to the defeats against Milan and Inter, the performance was also lacking: “They were different matches. Today we played more subdued, but the pace of the match was slower than the matches against Inter and Milan. We didn’t have the right nervous energy, it’s a shame and we’re sorry. The championship is very long, now we will have a week and then the tour de force will start again. We must take this match as a lesson and think about the next one”, concluded Gasperini.
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