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Roma is ready for tomorrow evening’s match against Raffaele Palladino’s Fiorentina, scheduled for 8.45pm at the Artemio Franchi stadium, a match valid for the ninth matchday of Serie A.
At 12:00the Roma coach Ivan Juric will hold a press conference to take stock of the team’s strategies and condition in view of this crucial match. Follow the live text on TMW.
12.01 – The press conference begins
How is the team? What is your assessment of the form of Dybala and Pellegrini? How are they physically?
“They’re fine, Pellegrini has been very unlucky in front of goal. He hasn’t managed to break the deadlock yet but I see them very well, I see both him and Paulo in excellent form. Obviously the whole game depends on their goals because they are close to the goal, let’s hope to improve. Mancini trained yesterday, he’s fine. We’ll see about Soulé who had a fever yesterday.”
You know Palladino very well. What are Fiorentina’s pitfalls?
“He has 20 high-quality players, now he has made important purchases. The path he has taken is the right one, he is doing well in the last 3-4 games. A lot of organization, great talent. We are talking about a team of great value.”
What is Roma missing to score more?
“A bit of everything is missing, there were also posts and wasted opportunities. We need to have more conviction, we’re working on it. Let’s hope everyone gets unstuck.”
Do you expect an important answer on the winning mentality tomorrow?
“The team has taken the right path on many things, we also saw it in the Europa League. To win matches we must not have drops in tension and be more aggressive in front of goal. We are behind, so every match is fundamental.”
Why is Hummels finding little space? Can he play together with Ndicka and Mancini?
“What I’ve already said applies, I choose based on what I see during training. The person who gives me the most confidence plays. Age, CV. The coach doesn’t look at him. It’s a technical choice. Hermoso is also finding little space, despite his experience at Atletico Madrid. Ndicka can become a top player on the center right, tomorrow he will have a very difficult test against Kean. There is no other reason.
When will Saelemaekers and El Shaarawy return?
“Saelemakers is doing well. I don’t want to give too much away. He will be back little by little. Stephan will be back from the next one or the one after that. Big congratulations to Zalewski for the last game because he went well. He had a good reaction. I’m sorry about the situation in He played an excellent match. He showed me that he is strong and he is not a child. He dribbles and creates numerical superiority in very close games. Zalewski and El Shaarawy give me this.”
At what point is Juric’s Roma? Do you think La Rosa is equipped to reach the top 4 positions?
“I think that on many things we have gone further, very well, I think we still have to build a little. Winning matches will help us. If each player improves, the team improves. My aim is to improve players who I’m not at the top. I have many players available who can still grow. This is the goal.”
12.13 – The press conference ends