Ivan Juric focused for a long time on Paulo Dybala after the comeback victory against Venezia. In the press conference, the Roma coach thus explained the reasons that led him to keep the Argentine striker out of the match at the Olimpico which he won 2-1 thanks to goals from Cristante and Pisilli: “He is fine, all the tests instrumentals were negative, but we don’t want to risk anything and we made the decision that it’s too important and the championship is still long and we didn’t use it. He’s a special boy, a special player.”
Then in another passage he added: “In my opinion, to improve Roma when he’s not there, you have to work on your game, on your passing, and understand exactly where to position yourself to get better circulation and more speed. When he’s there, in certain moments of the match, it’s better let him do it, because he has a way of making the team play that is impressive. There is no need to tell him to stay here or there, because he does it alone and he does it with a logic. In my opinion, with other players you have to work a lot on the positions, on where to stand to recover the ball and give continuity to the game. We need to get used to playing both with him and without him. I think we can improve a lot in our play and passing: in the first two games we did very well, today a little less. but there are all the bases to do well. He’s fine, we made the decision that it’s too important and we didn’t use him so as not to take risks.”
However, despite Juric’s reassurances, Dybala was not seen in Trigoria today. This is the report from ‘Vocegiallorossa.it’: “Morning of work in Trigoria, in view of next Thursday’s Europa League match against Elfsborg. From the photos published on the Roma website, those players who are not were used for at least 60 minutes against Venezia, but we don’t see Paulo Dybala.