Roma, Claudio Ranieri outspoken on Champions League.

Claudio Ranieri spoke in a press conference on the eve of Roma-Verona, scheduled for Saturday night at the Stadio Olimpico: “The match with Verona is very difficult because they have squared up beautifully. Basically the third goal they scored in the first leg against Roma, they will repeat it 10-15 times. We have to be careful about that. We must not sink into their web. We want to do well and we want the three points. But it will be difficult”.

“I am sincere what the boys have done is prodigious– added the Giallorossi coach. Physically the team is fine. The state of form is not optimal. Before we were playing 2-touch, lightly. Now we are not doing that, thanks also to the other side (Juve and Lazio), but I say that the team is doing its best and brings out the best it can. Change? Yes, you can change but you have to have the pharmacist”.

On Dovbyk: “There is no blame in a team, it is always 50-50. He should show up more and the team serve him more. Besides the goal, performance is needed: fighting, pressing, coming back. He is working on it and I am not satisfied yet, as I think he is not. He has to give me more”.

On the Champions League: “Would you bet a euro on Roma’s Champions? Let’s be honest … If we reach the Champions League, it’s because the others ‘slam’ and we make a masterpiece. We have to be serious with our fans. I’ve always said: let’s give it our all and then we’ll see. We are doing that. The team made an incredible recovery, they gave a surplus. Let’s hold on to these guys, and I ask all the fans for help in the final rush. We are going on the field, but they have to understand the situation we are living”.

Closing on the market: “When you go to pick a player you see the’man, it is a very important aspect. If you go and get a crazy head who ruins the locker room you spend money and you don&#8217t get anything done. IF there&#8217s a parity of evaluation, of course whoever is nastier and more tenacious in certain circumstances, like the one on the loose balls, you definitely pick that one”.