Rome, Ranieri: “Finally an away victory. Lucca? He’s strong, we’ll follow him, who knows”

The first away win and 30 points which seems low but isn’t considering the first half of the season. Roma found success away from home in Udine 276 days later and perhaps could find the striker of the future. Claudio Ranieri can breathe a sigh of relief and at the end of the match he enjoys the three points: “I didn’t charge the boys, they were already charged after AZ. We came here with anger and the desire to put an end to this away curse. The boys returned to the pitch earlier in the second half to make it clear that we were already ready.” Roma often changed formation during the match and Ranieri particularly focused on Rensch’s good debut: “It wasn’t easy for him considering he arrived three days ago. But I knew him well and I know how long it takes for him to settle in. Now his teammates will also know him and it will be even better.”

Lucca

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Now head for two decisive cup matches with Eintracht and Milan. “We must have confidence and conviction in these matches – reiterated the coach -. We can’t have that anger only at the Olimpico. We must be without feelings outside and inside. The will must always be the same and we have also put it in Holland. This is the Rome I want to see. There are no easy games, I can’t say where we will arrive. I only know that we should put the same effort against Napoli as against Venezia.” Closing on the market with a very important indication: “Lucca is strong, we are following it. Maybe…”.

pilgrims

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Lorenzo Pellegrini also gets up decisively from the spot after his slip in the first half. “We were struggling on the road, we needed the victory. We had to get back into rhythm even away from home, it wasn’t going well. At the end of the first half we all charged at each other because the result wasn’t right so much so that we returned to the pitch first. The team reacted well, you could see that we wanted the victory as if it were life.” Dovbyk also laughs: “I thank Lorenzo for the penalty awarded. Ultimately we all have to destroy the goal, especially us attackers. How many goals do I want at the end of the season? Many, but I hope they all score.”