Florent GhisolfiRoma’s sporting director, spoke to the microphones of Sportmediaset before the match in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup against Sampdoria: “We are not having a good championship, we are behind on our objectives and this gives even more importance to the cups. Tonight’s match is very important, we want to play a match of great intensity, something we didn’t see in Como.”
Is Dybala on the market?
“No, on the market I have already said that we want to improve the team in two or three positions but as Ranieri said we don’t want to do something just for the sake of doing it. We have to be sure that the player who comes improves the team. For Paulo it is the beginning of market, there are rumors, we know its importance, we will listen to it, but for the moment there have been no contacts with other clubs.”
New coach, will he be Italian or foreign?
“We won’t make an announcement for New Year’s Eve (laughs), but we don’t want to wait six months. We want to anticipate, but taking the time to make a good choice. We look at everyone, Italians and non-Italians. Knowledge of Italian football will be an important factor for choice”.
The official lineups of Roma-Sampdoria
ROME (3-4-2-1): Ryan; Celik, Ndicka, Hermoso; Zalewski, Pisilli, Paredes, Angelino; Saelemaekers, Baldanzi; Dovbyk. Available: Svilar, Marin, Sangaré, Dahl, Abdulhamid, El Shaarawy, Pellegrini, Le Fée, Soulé, Dybala, Shoumorodov. Trainer: Claudio Ranieri.
SAMPDORIA (4-3-3): Vismara; Venuti, Meulensteen, vulikic, Veroli; Vieira, Yepes, Akinsanmiro; Borini, Leonardi, Pedrola. Available: Ghidotti, Ravaglia, Barreca, Riccio, Bellemo, Ricci, Coda, Tutino, La Gumina, Giordano, Depaoli, Girelli, Ioannou, Benedetti, Sekulov Trainer: Leonardo Semplici.