The Roma coach enjoys Paulo Dybala in Joya mode: “I know he wants to stay. We haven't received any offers. He's fine with us and I'm with him: There's a Roma with and without him, as he said Mourinho”. And on Hummels: “If he's well he'll play, as will Paredes: they're the players I like.” Now Milan and then Lazio: “We have to get out of the quicksand, after Milan we will understand what we will do when we grow up”
After the “shock” – as Ranieri called the second half against Como – Roma responds and returns to winning in the championship too with a sumptuous performance against Parma: “I don't know if it's the best Roma of the season”, Ranieri's first words at the end of the match, “but I know there is room for improvement. We had to cancel the second half in Como and the boys did it, giving us a merry Christmas, but now on to the next one: we go away from home where we haven't won since Aprilit's been eight months. There is a Rome at home and one away from home and this must not happen, we must try to wake up and do well outside the home too.”
“There is a Roma with Dybala and one without, I agree with Mou”
Curiously, against Parma Ranieri made no changesending with the same 11 chosen at the beginning: and they would seem to be “definitive” choices, in the head of the coach, who put Hummels and Paredes back at the center of the project, also helping Dybala to get excited: “If these are the eleven I have in head? That's not to say, I didn't make any changes not for that reason but because they were interpreting the match well, without any drops in tensionand then I preferred not to make any upheavals. There is no other reason. Dybala plays when he's well. Then if I see him tired or if I see that the game needs something else, I remove him like I remove other players. Mourinho said it and I repeat it too: there is a lot of difference between Roma with or without Dybala. They are Hummels there is little to say: he is a world champion, he played in a Champions League final, he is physically well. When he tells me he's fine I play. And the same goes for Paredesincredible point guard who plays one or two touches. These are the players I like, they have experience and they know how to command the pace of the race”. Instead, up Dovbyk Ranieri says he is “happy with how he tried to communicate with others, but sometimes he has to learn to shoot first, both with his left and right. Without fear of making mistakes. The attacker sometimes scores goals even if he makes mistakesthat's what I told him.”
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“Dybala? I know he wants to stay, he's fine with us and I'm fine with him”
In the press conference, the Roma coach returned to the future of Joya, who is of great interest to Galatasaray: “We must also understand the profession of agents, they travel around the world offering their clients as the most precious asset, but for us it is not no offer arrived. I know that Dybala wants to stay and is fine with us and I am fine with him“. And on the pairing with Dovbyk he added: “I am convinced that not everyone is still 100%, because, for various reasons, they have never been able to train at their best. However, they are improving their condition and are looking for more on the pitch. The rest of the team is also getting to know Artem better, and I was pleased to notice that everyone was trying to pass the ball to him, precisely to put him in a position to score. It means the group is healthy.”
“Now Milan, then we'll make the evaluations”
Now the calendar says Milan (29 December) and then the derby with Lazio (5 January). “We have to play for the ranking position we have, game after game and get out of the quicksand”, says Ranieri. “We are waiting for the San Siro test to close the circle, I said that at the end of December we would know what we will do when we grow up…”.
