The rossoblù coach commented on the match against Roma.
An angry Daniele De Rossi analyzes his Genoa’s performance after the 3-1 defeat in Roma. The Giallorossi coach said he was satisfied with the first six games of his rossoblù career but annoyed by this latest challenge against his past: “I don’t think that everything that happened this week regarding my return to Rome affected us“.
De Rossi’s words
Thus De Rossi on Genoa’s performance: “I feel angry and annoyed. I didn’t like the performance we gave. I was sad to say goodbye to the Roma fans with a dark face at the end of the match but it is known that this is how I experience football.
Then he talked about how much there was talk during the week about his return to Rome as an opponent: “Even in the speeches before the match I tried to make the boys understand that I was only interested in the result today, not everything that was around it. Could it have had an impact? I do not believe. Today we were light and with teams of this type you can’t afford that. I’ve been receiving messages and videos on social media for a week, they’ve moved me. The greeting with the Roma players, the curve that sang for me, everything was impactful. But I didn’t like how I made the team play“.
Finally, on the calendar that awaits Genoa with the next match against Pisa, at Ferraris on January 3: “There are no very easy teams, Pisa is very difficult. Today I was annoyed by a bit of passivity in the duels, we are a team that if we play at 100% we can compete with everyone from many points of view, but 99% of the time we are at risk and against teams like Roma you get stuck. Out of seven games coached here I am satisfied with the first six, in terms of attitude and performance“.