Davide Nicola
EmpoliDaniele De Rossi
AS Roma
Meeting Highlights...EMPOLI
Today I am here not only as guide of Empoli but also as the voice of a group of men who have dedicated body and soul to this season. I have already said it to my boys, but I want to pass it on to all our supporters: Empoli embodies values such as sacrifice, passion, humility, ideas. Maybe, as has been said, we don't have the resources of some great teams, but what distinguishes us is our heart, our identity which we have always maintained on the pitch not only for ourselves, but we will play for our city, for our people, for the society that deserves deep respect. This is the moment to have one big heart, because only together can we reach this goal and make a difference It will be a very tough challenge, we know this as we know that nothing can be achieved except at the price of an enormous sacrifice. We are ready to give everything to try a feat that would be historic and therefore I ask the whole environment to accompany us. Everyone must do their part, we are the ambassadors of a collective dream.
...ABOUT THE MATCH
I don't feel like separating the two things, I've discovered a remarkable place here. I'm thinking about entering and absorbing an environment, building together with all this something that can be satisfying. I'm only interested in tomorrow's match, then yes they'll have other thoughts. We know we are meeting a very strong team, which has quality and which has done an extraordinary job with De Rossi. We must be aware that willpower can fill any gap, we know it is hard but that is what gives value to everything.
Davide Nicola
Manager on Empoli...EMPOLI
Today I am here not only as guide of Empoli but also as the voice of a group of men who have dedicated body and soul to this season. I have already said it to my boys, but I want to pass it on to all our supporters: Empoli embodies values such as sacrifice, passion, humility, ideas. Maybe, as has been said, we don't have the resources of some great teams, but what distinguishes us is our heart, our identity which we have always maintained on the pitch not only for ourselves, but we will play for our city, for our people, for the society that deserves deep respect. This is the moment to have one big heart, because only together can we reach this goal and make a difference It will be a very tough challenge, we know this as we know that nothing can be achieved except at the price of an enormous sacrifice. We are ready to give everything to try a feat that would be historic and therefore I ask the whole environment to accompany us. Everyone must do their part, we are the ambassadors of a collective dream.
...ABOUT THE MATCH
I don't feel like separating the two things, I've discovered a remarkable place here. I'm thinking about entering and absorbing an environment, building together with all this something that can be satisfying. I'm only interested in tomorrow's match, then yes they'll have other thoughts. We know we are meeting a very strong team, which has quality and which has done an extraordinary job with De Rossi. We must be aware that willpower can fill any gap, we know it is hard but that is what gives value to everything.
Daniele De Rossi
Manager on AS Roma...DYBALA
Roma made a statement, we spoke to each other. The first impressions are good, but we have a lot of time to talk about him, about the market, about what will happen. I know you're interested, but I have to force myself to think about the match in tomorrow Paulo is fine, he trained all week and can play.
...EMPOLI
We just want to win, also to maintain the trends of recent years: until some time ago it was easy to make predictions about the final matches of the championship, today this thing is fading away. We will play the match how it should be done, as if we desperately needed points. And then we trained hard, if we ask to play seriously but then organize a light training session then things wouldn't make sense that they were not aware of, it was important to maintain the right attitude. Dybala has trained, he is well and can play, Baldanzi is available.