Claudio Ranieri spoke at a press conference 48 hours before the trip to the lawn of Milan. Match which will be played this Sunday, December 29 at 8:45 p.m. for the 19th day of Serie A.
Aside from Cristante, is everyone available? How is Bryan? Against Milan, do you think that using one more midfielder and one less trequartista could be more suitable?
“You know I always make decisions the day before the match, so I will take stock tomorrow. We’ll see… I’m still convinced that whoever steps on the pitch will have a good game, so they all have my trust ».
« Oui, everyone is available. As for BryanI have read some criticisms against our doctors, but I want to clarify one in their favor: they did neither more nor less than what the radiological report indicated. So we immediately reprimanded anyone who needed to be reprimanded and acted accordingly.”
Is the open training on January 1 at Tre Fontane, with many children, an additional strength for Roma?
« Certainly yes. It goes without saying, but our fans are our strength, they are our blood, they are the ones who give us the energy, the desire to always fight. Yes, we are professionals, but it’s one thing to be one with an audience that pushes you and another to be one with an audience that doesn’t push you.”
« I remember when I was little and we played friendly matches near Rome: back then the training ground could be even more open, today everything remains more difficult. SO, when I was asked if it was possible to bring the children, I replied that they had to bring them on the first day of the year, so that they would immediately fall in love with Rome. It was the spirit that united those who organized it and me who gave the green light.”
Is Fonseca’s mission at Milan more complex than your mission at Roma?
« Coaches, when they take over a team, always have difficulties and it is then up to them to manage them, to overcome them.. Sometimes it’s easier, other times it’s more difficult. It always depends both on the places and the meeting you have with the professionals.”
« I’m lucky because I found some great players who made themselves available and a club that has always been at my disposal. I know that I have a doubly heavy task, but I accomplish it with all my enthusiasm, with all my love ».
Does today’s coach and future manager want Hummels, Paredes and Dybala to be part of Roma next year?
« Oui ».
Have you studied a plan to limit Reijnders’ play?
« If we take them one by one, Milan only has very strong and unique players. I think that it’s an effort on the part of the whole teamwhen the ball is lost, be very attentive. Milan is a team which, on its own pitch, seems to me to have the least beaten defense after Bologna, while we are one of the teams which score the least away from home. So we have to play a great match.”
How should Roma approach matches against Milan and Lazio? What extra energy do you give to the players?
“I try to give peace of mind, serenitythen in training I try to give everything: I always want the best from everyone and I’m never happy ».
“This match against Milan does not require extra energy, because everyone would like to play at San Siro against Milan. I am convinced that we will have a good match. It’s important to give everything until the last second, and then we will see the result, we will see the opportunities they will have and the ones we will have. Sometimes the little details make the results. You have to pay attention to these little details.”
At what stage is the choice of the CEO? Are you involved in this choice?
“I don’t get involved, I am only involved in the technical aspect of the sports club. I won’t go into these twists and turns. These are delicate things, which rightly belong to society.”
What is your position and that of the club on Pellegrini in view of the January transfer window? Is he on the transfer window or non-transferable in January?
“The player has all my confidence, if offers should arrive, we will evaluate them like all the others, for everyone, no more and no less. I hope that Lorenzo can stay here with us, but he must be happy too. This is the most important thing ».
Regarding Svilar, are you asking him to launch offensive actions? And who can we compare him to?
« Let’s leave aside the comparisons between goalkeepers. Since my arrival, he is doing very very well. He knows he can start the action from behind, but also return it quickly and long ».
“Once they are all assimilated, I leave the players free, because they are the ones on the field. We coaches can yell, but often you yell at your player who is two meters away from you and absolutely cannot hear you ».
” SO we try to give some notions, but then it’s up to them to play according to their experience and what they feel at that moment. And then the goalkeeper is the one who controls the progress of the match more than anyone elseand therefore knows when he can speed up or slow down the start of the action ».
