Claudio Ranieri has changed his mind about Hummels’ ejection.
Ranieri’s words
Claudio Ranieri spoke on the eve of the match against Cagliari: "Before we start I want to add one thing about Hummels's ejection. I saw the image from a cell phone but not the whole dynamic of the action. I believe that there can be expulsion, but è a little bit forced. There are not all 4 parameters to call it a clear goal opportunity. It's been severe, it could have been there but also not".
"Koné, Pellegrini and Saelemaekers? I understand that for you it is news, but I have 26 players available, the’coach can’change 5, for you it is news, for me è a capital gain becauseé it gives me the possibility’to change on the run. We were going there to play against a team that we knew would attack us, we needed certain players. Then of course, after 10 minutes everything blows up and game forcefully you canì no longer strategically do what one had in mind. They are very strong players, who are in my mind to make Roma strong, so there’è no problem for me".
"Dovbyk I changed him when I felt it was right to change him,” added the Giallorossi coach, “because I saw that they kept attacking too much, so by putting Soulé I gave more structure to the whole team. I left Dybala becauseé he could act as an advanced point of reference for me, which Dovbyk could not do. I expect a lot from him, he has to decide, he has to react, he has to show what kind of player he is. I believe in him, but he has to believe in us. È a give and take. We have a modus of playing aggressively and with determination. I told him, 'You think about the goal and I think about the performance. If you give me a good performance and you don't score I'll get over it. But if you don't give me the performance or even the goal, then I start thinking'. That's all. I ask for the performance. Then I know they can’t be 100 percent all the time. But if you don't give me performance and goals, you leave me with a bitter taste in my mouth. He has to struggle like everyone struggles. He doesn’t è give up or rather, I don’t want to believe that. If he gives up I have 25 others who want to play”.
"The new coach? Does it seem that if there'è something, I come and tell you? It seems premature to me, wait until the end of the championship and you will know. The president will choose. I am not changing my mind. The focus has to be on the 10 games. For the fans and the societyà. 5 home games and 5 away games. Let’s play these 10 games to the death. And let’s collect the points we know we deserve. Dybala? For me è a staple next year, when he is well è a different Roma. I have said it, I repeat it and I subscribe to it. When he plays and is well he is worth the price of the ticket, he makes plays that others do not have. Basic formation or turnover? Definitely there will not be the same alternation. There will be different formations, different changes, and it depends on what the game and the week tells me. Now we can work every day and everyone will be under the magnifying glass. We will see their form. It depends from game to game. The loose balls? We are man-marking. In Bilbao I had set up tall men to counter the team’s prowess, but it wasn’t è possible in the course of the game", Ranieri concluded.
