First official release for Ivan Juric on the Roma bench. The Croatian coach, who replaced Daniele De Rossi, spoke to Sky Sport microphones shortly before the kick-off of the match against Udinese, a surprise team in this start to the championship with 10 points in four games.
There are two or three elements that struck us, maybe so you can also explain them to us, for example going on the choices we saw Kone in midfield, who initially starts from the bench. He is probably not at his best physically. What technical-tactical evaluation did you make?
“No, I think we want to change the way we play on certain things a little bit, maybe there are players who respond to me a little better at the moment, Kone is a great talent, there’s a lot of work to do, but he’s really a great player.”
As for the defensive system, Angelino plays alongside Ndicka and Mancini, which confirms that Hummels and Hermoso are not yet in the right condition to sustain such an intense match like today’s from the start?
“No, they’re a little behind, but not that much, I already think we have five games in two weeks, they’ll have the chance to show their value.”
Is the choice of El Shaarawy as a winger a choice in which you saw a player capable of playing on the wing?
“Yes, at the moment we don’t have many choices, in my opinion he has been doing it well for years, so he can do very well.”