Gian Piero Gasperini didn't expect it but flies low

Gian Piero Gasperini spoke on the eve of the Monday Night match that will see his Roma engaged: “Expected match. Como is not a surprise but a reality in terms of investment and quality of play. It is one of the best realities, watching Como play is always very pleasant. Tomorrow the two teams will try to get the maximum without too much subterfuge. Match not decisive but important, it determines the values of the standings. Now the ranking is very short. Fabregas? He has made an important impression. Como has interesting young people and plays good soccer, it is a team with several offensive players on the field. They play a lot on technique and dribbling ability. Ndickastays in Rome, he is present tomorrow. The rest will be seen in the next matches. For El Aynaoui Morocco appealed to FIFA, we are waiting for the ruling. Those who played on Saturday and Sunday were able to use the players who will start in the African Cup of Nations, while they are asking us not to use them. The day is the same…“.

And’ time to take stock: “Very positive impact, even beyond the best predictions. I came with the hope of doing a good job and with the conviction that this was the’ideal environment. It was said that Rome was very difficult and that my arrival was not shared by everyone, but through work and performance we have made great strides. We have to be ambitious and never conceited. We have to improve, everyone wants to fight for the highest positions especially for economic reasons. Everyone is poisoned to be in the top positions, I don’t want us to be poisoned but cohesive and compact. We have to be ambitious and to do that we have to work hard. All the ingredients are there, we have to knead them well to get them out. There’s the public, a wealthy society, the opportunity to make the stadium and grow the team…If lately there have been probables to achieve certain goals it means that we need to do more, it is not bad luck. It is crucial to make right assessments. The conditions and ingredients are all there”.

“Against Celtic there wasn&#8217t all this turnover. I am very happy for Pisilli and Ferguson, Renschhad given good signs and El Shaarawy has been here for ages. As a team we need to play at a high level, then we need to raise our game in more competitive matches. We have young people who are growing, overall everyone has been training very well all the time. Everyone has had the opportunities to be able to play, but the hierarchies will always be there”. Dybala chapter: “We see, he misses today’s training. He must be well physically, today&#8217s soccer does not allow you a precarious condition physically and mentally. But I have no doubt when he is very well. Subentrant like Muriel? “I hope even more, but it depends on him and not on me. The field speaks, that counts. When he has been well he has always played”.

And on Ferguson: “He must be a player not for me but useful to Roma, which is the most important thing. Is he useful to Roma? That is the question. Against Celtic, yes. That question applies to everyone. It has nothing to do with the coach, Roma is above everything and everyone. When players make useful performances for Roma they have to play”

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“Champions clash? Definitely it is for Europe’s sake. We have to think step by step, first we win Europe and then eventually Champions. In the Europa League we scored 12 points so we are definitely in the top 24, then if we can skip the play-off even better. Tomorrow is not a decisive game, but it is an important brick in the fight for Europe’Europa”.