21:35
The resumption of Roma training
Roma will return to training tomorrow because they have to prepare for the Europa League match against Tottenham, scheduled for next Thursday. The session under Ranieri's orders is scheduled for the morning in Trigoria.
21:25
Hummels' words
After the match, Hummels, deployed at the center of Roma's defense in the second half, also spoke to Dazn: “I feel good on the pitch, the feeling is good after almost 6 months without playing. The goal? It's not a real mistake, it's a complicated ball between the goalkeeper and the defender, maybe I was hoping Svilar would get there, but my job is to defend and next time I hope to do better. A coach felt that I wasn't suited to his style, it's clear that I need to put in minutes, I also told De Rossi this, but situations like this happen in football. I don't think I need many games, but it's the first time in my career that I haven't played for six months, in two or three games I think I'm at the top. I'm not very young anymore, I know I need minutes“.
21:17
The value of Rome
Ranieri again in the press conference: “What could be Roma's value in the championship? The performance is positive, but in the meantime let's get the team out of the infirmary and then we'll see what we can do. I say that at the end the ranking always tells the truth. Let's wait and see what we can do during the football year“.
21:15
Pellegrini's crisis
Ranieri is pressed on the dark moment of captain Pellegrini, replaced at the end of the first half today: “Has he lost his smile? We have to recover him, help him, also because he is an element of the Italian national team. He is a player who has great quality, perhaps at the moment he is not so clear and free of thoughts. It is up to all of us to help him.”
21:12
Dahl on the midfielder line
Ranieri then talks about the entry of Dahl and Abdulhamid: “I needed two who could stretch and widen the opposing defense, so I put Saud and Dahl in, otherwise I could have put Soulé who came back but when Napoli came back they had more men. I had worked all week to try to widen Napoli and put some balls inside so much so that Baldanzi's play was born with one of these actions. It was just for this reason: to try to go and get them higher, by putting the team back in 4-4-2 I wanted to give the width to be able to make good crosses for Dovbyk“
21:10
Roma's difficult moment
Ranieri then compares the Roma of now to the Napoli of last season, responding to a Neapolitan journalist who asks him about the waste of the first two coaches (De Rossi and Juric) who preceded him: “Are you a journalist here in Naples? How did Napoli fare last year? It's a team sport. When players no longer have fun, the problems worsen, there is a lack of trust. We have to let him find it again. Today I saw the team compact, fighting against the first in the standings. The path is the right one. The light can be seen and we must insist on this path“.
20:58
Lukaku's failure to send off
Ranieri was asked about the failure to give Lukaku a double yellow card in the first half: “Why are you pulling my jacket? Leave me alone. The tags are missing, yes, you all saw it, but that's okay. The referees can make mistakes and we have to accept it, we make mistakes… and the referees make mistakes. There were two or three situations: every time we pulled the shirt, we were warned, when the Napoli ones did it, we didn't. But it's better to keep quiet, otherwise the message will get through and I'll lose it and complain. Let's say everything went well…“.
20:50
Ranieri at the press conference
Ranieri then spoke in the press conference at Maradona: “The match was vibrant and difficult, I think it was difficult for them too. It's logical that we expected a match like this from a team that had been overcome in previous matches and wanted to immediately return to the top of the table. I'm sincere, for the weight of the two teams I'm happy with Roma tonight. We lost but the team fought, they believed until the end they could get the result back on track with Dovbyk's header and Baldanzi's volley , with the three-man defense, we have We had more possession of the ball. We tried to slow down Napoli's pace, but I expected us to do something more in attack. The goal came due to our lack of attention and we need to improve our defensive attention because there were some lapses With what the kids are experiencing at the moment, I'm satisfied. It's logical that we have to improve, but we shouldn't give up.”
20:45
The replacement of Pellegrini
Then, on Pellegrini's substitution at half-time, Ranieri explains: “I needed other types of players. It's not about whether he's a captain or not. Lorenzo is going through a particular moment and needs help“.
LUKAKU AND THE FOUL ON CELIK, FANS FURIOUS
20:43
Dybala's condition
Also on Dazn, Ranieri talks about Dybala, who came on in the 87th minute: “I took a risk in fielding him, he's recovering, but I took a risk by telling him do what you can. I prefer to have a player a week later, but not that he gets hurt again, he assured me that he was fine and we tried. He is a player with magical shots and with Napoli all closed behind I tried to throw him on the pitch given his skills“.
20:38
Roma's mistakes
Ranieri and Dazn: “The ideal gaming system? There isn't, it's important to understand when you need to close well. If you look carefully today we made two mistakes: in the first Kvaratskhelia headed undisturbed, but luckily it went wide, in the second occasion we conceded a goal. We played a decent match, we need to weigh the team's current form, Napoli had been overtaken in the standings and we are in a more delicate situation. In the second half we had possession of the ball and two chances with Dovbyk and Baldanzi. It's true that Neres had an opportunity, but we were all in attack. The team can play 4-4-2 and 3-5-2, it depends on the interpreters because then you have to push on the wingers“.
20:35
The role of big names like Pellegrini and Cristante
Ranieri then talks about the senators in the Roma locker room, such as Pellegrini and Cristante: “They must have personality to help themselves and others. I found a closed team, I tried to give them serenity and joy in playing, in fact in the second half we moved the ball more. We didn't give too many opportunities to Napoli, we had some too. We must know how to react“.
20:32
Ranieri and Dybala's entry
Ranieri continues his comment on the defeat in Naples: “The desire and determination were there, we must continue like this. There's a lot of work to do, but I'm positive. The double substitution at half-time? They didn't have the opportunities that they had had in the first half due to not making good diagonal passes. We saw that sometimes Lukaku was alone between the two and sometimes with two of ours and Kvara was alone. Luckily El Shaarawy closed the game. I tried to square up behind, I said 'let's try to move the ball and let's sink'. Dybala? I risked it to go all out in the final. I was afraid to risk it, but he hadn't felt anything since yesterday. He should be 100% already this week and we'll see for Tottenham“.
20:28
Ranieri's words
Ranieri begins speaking to Sky: “We have problems and we were playing against a team that had to return to the top of the championship. Analyzing this I say that I am happy with my team's performance, then we made a mistake and conceded a goal. We also made other mistakes, but we'll talk about this later. However, I remain positive“.
20:25
The statistics of Napoli-Roma 1-0
Today Roma shot 6 times compared to 14 for Napoli (2-1 for Conte's boys with shots on target). Ball possession for the Azzurri was 64% compared to 36% for the Giallorossi: see all the match statistics
20:15
Rome, 5 defeats in the last 6 games
Roma have lost 5 of their last 6 league matches and have not recorded 3 defeats in a row in Serie A since the period between June and July 2020, with Paulo Fonseca on the bench. Even in that case the third defeat came at Napoli (2-1).
20:02
Roma's next matches
Ranieri's Roma are now awaiting two more difficult matches: on Thursday they will face Tottenham away in the Europa League and on Monday 2 December they will host Atalanta in the championship. Then, on Saturday 7th, they will face Lecce, still at home in the championship.
19:55
Ranieri's words soon
Claudio Ranieri, Roma's new coach in place of Juric since last week, will soon comment on the 1-0 match against Napoli on connected TV channels and in a press conference.
