“We saw them play against Slavia Prague and then against Lyon on the first day. It has interesting players and one of them, Staskova, we know well since she played for Juventus and Milan. Then there is Usme who is the captain of the Colombian national team and many players of the Turkish national team. It is a team that must be respected, must be faced with the right mentality, strength. When you play a Champions League match, they are all complicated matches and you never know what you expect.” The Roma coach Alessandro Spugna he speaks like this, as he reports vocigiallorossa.itahead of the Women’s Champions League match against Galatasaray scheduled for tomorrow.
How do we start again after Juventus? Could it be Giacinti’s match?
“When matches like the one in Turin, you want to play the next day and it’s important to do it after three days. The match itself is important, we beat Wolfsburg, if we could win again tomorrow, it would be significant. The match is important, we will decide on the lineup tonight or tomorrow morning.”
In the last two games, he played with the same girls and with the same tactical attitude. In hindsight, would anything change?
“Hindsight is always then, I wouldn’t change anything. There were some episodes that decided the match, Juventus played better than us, but I wouldn’t change any choice.”
How are the players doing after all these close matches?
“At the beginning of the season we had problems especially with the players who arrived from the Olympics. Close games don’t help you, we also had some injuries. Apart from long-term care which we won’t have for the whole year, the roster is complete. We plan to make some changes starting tomorrow, we have everything available.”
What is the role of Dragoons?
“Giulia can play in multiple positions, it’s not the role that’s important but the function she can have in the match. We used her as a winger, but she was a winger who took care of the non-possession phase, then she could move. On Sunday too she interpreted the function well, but the spaces she left had to be occupied differently. She’s a technical player, she knows what she has to do with the ball, she has to improve something but she’s not even 18, she’s having her first real experiences in the First Team, last year she only made a few appearances for Barcelona. Patience is needed, so far the performance is positive.”