The coach after the victory over Lecce: “Lorenzo finds his smile again. Pisilli has a shot, he’s tough and fits in. A great midfielder.” And again: “I just put Hummels and Paredes back into their context”
The first victory of his third mandate, on the day of the 100 Roma benches. Claudio Ranieri enjoys the redemption of a Roma team that was able to react and crush Giampaolo’s Lecce with an almost perfect recovery and a total of 23 chances. The technician smiles but warns: “This isn’t even the first brick, we just put the cement to build something and the road is long. Having said that, the performance was strong, we had to demonstrate the greater quality but also match their willingness to fight for every ball and we did so. I’m happy for the team and the fans, many needed a performance like this.”
PEAS AND PILGRIMS
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The entry of Pisilli was decisive for Roma, as he dedicated the goal to his friend and former teammate Bove after the match: “The goal is for him. I hope that things will go well because Edoardo is a golden boy, who he helped me a lot to integrate into the team and I think he is the most important person I have met in the world of football to date. I sent him a message, but now it is right that he has his privacy. It was then Ranieri who praised the performance of his midfielder: “In the second half we suffered a little, but Pisilli’s entry made us square up the department and stopped Lecce. Niccolò is a great midfielder, he is a tough guy who knows how to enter, recover and shoot on goal. I missed him with Atalanta.” Pellegrini’s situation is decidedly different: “He is going through a sad period. He feels all the weight on him, he’s not the classic careless Roman. When I see him carefree again I will let him play.”
friedkin
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Ranieri defends the Friedkins (there were boos the moment vice president Ryan was appointed to the Olimpico). “I asked my press officer who the American Presidents are in Serie A: there are many but I’ve never heard of them – says the coach -. That’s how they are, it’s their way of acting. That’s how they are, I haven’t heard from any of the American presidents because evidently they ask and want to manage things in this way. They talk to their team operators and employees, hoping that everything will fall into place.”
Hummels and Paredes
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Finally, the Giallorossi coach has sweet words for two other protagonists: “Paredes is a champion, I just put him back in his context as well as Hummels. But whether Leo will renew depends on him and the new coach. But imagine if I were the new coach in the end?”.
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