“I feel supported by the club. We have to understand that this is a moment of transition, we need time to change our way of playing”

Paulo Fonseca spoke at the press conference after the 2-2 draw at the Stadio Olimpico against Lazio

There is a feeling that the weekly work is not seen on the pitch. Where do you feel you have the greatest difficulty in your message to the team? Do you feel supported by all the components of this club?
“Yes, I feel supported. We have to understand that this is a moment of transition, we need time to change the way we play. We trained well during the week, we had good responses from the players, today we started to see positive things from the team. However, we cannot only talk about tactical or mental issues, we have the ability but in the second half we need to not concede goals. We cannot play a defensive game, we have to play like we did in the first half. We all have quality players, it is clear that we are experiencing a big change and we also need time to let the players adapt”.

A lot of quality came into play in the second half, can you tell us about the episode of Leao and Theo’s cooling break?
“Theo has already spoken. I don’t tell lies, you know me, I’m always sincere and honest. There is no problem with Theo and Rafa, they didn’t start the match, I spoke to them during the week and they understood, they came in well because I think that if there had been a problem they wouldn’t have come in like that”.