Alessandro SpugnaRoma women’s coach, spoke to the official channels of the Giallorossi club on the eve of the Champions League match against Lyon:
Is the emotional charge of the derby important to face Lyon?
“It’s certainly what we needed, because it’s clear that we’re going to play a very difficult, very complicated match. We saw the match, so it will certainly be like this, but we’re arriving with a beautiful, important emotional charge. We won a not easy match, a very heartfelt match, so let’s go with the maximum energy possible to face such a beautiful match.
On the eve of the match against Lyon he spoke of a team among the best in the world. Is it really difficult to find a weakness in this group?
“Yes, it’s difficult because they have a lot of physical strength, but combined with great technical quality. It’s a team that doesn’t have just one way of interpreting the game, it has more than one. It’s a team that knows how to dribble, it’s a team that he knows how to go direct with a lot of leg, with a lot of speed. You have to read the moments well, you have to be able to manage situations well. In 90 minutes it’s really complicated with them, but we’ll try to play a great game, we’ll try to be good in the duels. we will try to also try to manage better the ball compared to the previous match, because this can be an important weapon for us.”
Intense period with many commitments, are strength management and recovery the elements that could prove decisive?
“Yes, yes, the calendar is like this. Unfortunately, in the meantime, a lot of attention must be paid to the health of the players, because when you play so many matches in a short time, recovering is not easy. At least 72 hours are needed each time and many times these 72 hours are not you have them. And so we have to pay close attention to the health of the girls. The girls are offering great commitment, great availability, but it is absolutely not easy, we need to review the calendars a little, the calendars of our championship, the European calendar, because actually yes he’s playing a lot. Now another national team match will arrive and so this will certainly be a period, it’s a very, very intense period, but we will try to do the best we can in trying to have the right, planned management regarding the matches, because we we want to be protagonists in all competitions and this we must have great strength, but above all we must stay healthy.”