Alessandro SpugnaRoma women’s coach, spoke at a press conference on the eve of the Champions League match against Lyon. These are his words collected by vocigiallorossa.it
Against Lazio there were no players as tall as Lyon’s, but there were problems. Have you thought about putting a team with more centimeters tomorrow?
“The last two matches have created some problems for us, but we are working on them and will try to improve with the next matches. It is clear that tomorrow we will make some changes compared to the match against Lazio, not only for this reason but also because we need to recover some energy, we need fresh forces and therefore there will be some changes”.
What did you say to the girls after the defeat? And what will you say before taking the field?
“But I told the girls that we should face Lyon with the greatest possible serenity, we have nothing to lose, we have seen that they are a really strong team to face, but when you go on the pitch you have to try to put the best in and when When you face teams like these you have to try to give 130%, but I’m sure we will do this. We still have to enjoy an important moment of the season because we are second in the group and we want to maintain this position. I repeat, we have to play the match with great calm to put in the maximum”.
How are Viens and Dragoni? Are you thinking more about Sassuolo in view of the championship given how the first leg went?
“We’ll think game by game. Tomorrow we’ll be focused on the Lyon match and then after that we’ll think about Sassuolo. Evelyn and Giulia are certainly much better, they’ve been called up and therefore can also play. We’ll decide this calmly tomorrow, we’ll also talk to them because it’s right like this and we will see what the best solution will be. They certainly have the possibility of getting minutes in tomorrow’s match.”