The Giallorossi coach on the eve of the away match against Sassuolo: “According to Dybala, the team fails against Plzen? Words that I didn’t think were fair. But then it became clear. It’s a tough championship. You’ve seen Milan, we’re there, we can go first tomorrow…”
The light attack and the awareness of being able to go to the top again despite the problems that emerged in Europe. Gian Piero Gasperini raises his voice in the press conference before tomorrow’s match against Sassuolo and also returns strongly to Dybala’s words who had spoken of a limp and poorly motivated team against Viktoria Plzen. “I didn’t consider them true and fair. The words at the end of the match are often not the ones they want to say. The word limp doesn’t exist, nor does underestimating the opponent because this group doesn’t deserve it. Then Dybala clarified himself. We can say that we have limits and we make mistakes, but from a behavioral point of view it is a very strong and healthy group. Defeats are never justified with the attitude, which must never be wrong otherwise it would be a problem.”
GOAL SORE
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There are certainly problems on an offensive level, so much so that Gasp announced between the lines that he wanted the trio Bailey, Soulé and Dybala present. “The main difficulty is scoring goals and it has nothing to do with the false nine or the striker – continued the coach -. Those who are well and those who are hungry to score must play. Then there are many examples in football, there are teams who have scored goals with center forwards or not. If you have the possibility, shorten the path or do it in another way. Dybala can play, he is physically well. He has good resistance like all top-level players, the important thing is that he is well. He too must start to pounding the area, scoring goals and assists because he is an attacker. He’s worth a lot when he scores and creates dangers and now he’s feeling very good and gives me hope.” Failure, at least for the moment therefore for Dovbyk and Ferguson: “Only the pitch speaks. Lately the responses have not been positive, yesterday for the first time Ferguson trained properly since he arrived. It must also be waited for, with such young boys it is normal. The boos for Dovbyk? They are there for both him and the team, we react by starting again and trying to get applause. As long as one is a Roma player he must be supported and I don’t speak of fans who are legitimized.”
THE MARKET
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And so perhaps until January even if Gasp doesn’t expect sensational shots: “I don’t think there are fantastic things in January, what’s important is the characteristics of who we’re looking for. I’m not even thinking about January but about improving a situation that is penalizing us despite the league table being good. The defeat against Plzen hurts. Already losing against Inter bothered us but the other night we shouldn’t have lost at home – adds Gasperini -. Examination of conscience? If I used that word I was wrong, I certainly didn’t talk about a soft team. If I said it I meant only in the technical aspect, we have to work technically and tactically on the team and on the game. It referred to working on movements, clearing the markers and areas of the pitch.” Despite the criticism, however, Roma is close to returning to the top. Gasp spreads his arms and smiles: “This is a tough championship, we need to fight. Did you see Milan yesterday? We are there, we can go first tomorrow. We will have to make steps forward. We need a hunger to score goals. Compared to other teams, however, we have greater room for growth. The changes in defense? But they always play the same ones, then it is clear that playing every three days something needs to change.”
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