Stefano Colantuono
SalernitanaDaniele De Rossi
AS Roma
Meeting Highlights…INJURIES
They are two completely different cases. For Grigoris it was a joint problem and there was a risk, Boulaye is not at his best yet, there is no point in forcing him and risking a relapse. From Turin we will have him 100%. Pirola also wanted to be there at all costs but the doctor advised us against it. I would always like someone like Kastanos on the pitch, he has some more training and won't be able to have the 90 minutes, I have to understand whether it is better to let him do the first 60 minutes or have him take over, this is still in doubt. He did a great gesture, I forced him because having him even if he's not at the top is fundamental.
…TRANSFER MARKET
I criticize when coaches take the market as an alibi, I blindly trust my president and the director, I think about training the best of those I have who have shown they can produce great performances, the results have not rewarded us and we must reverse the trend but continue on the road to the game and the desire that the boys have shown. Before the match against Genoa I made a speech. I was amazed that people applauded us when we arrived at the stadium. People don't give anything away, if they did it it means that something we transferred them. The players are made responsible, we believe in it, we can achieve 7 victories when we are at full strength, we will also have many direct clashes at home, I think there are all the situations to be able to reverse the trend and hope for salvation which would be a nice thing.
… DE ROSSI
It's nice to find Daniele De Rossi on the bench he's always dreamed of, I'll be happy to see him again, when one of the world champions does well it's always a pleasure. Roma have changed something but I'm thinking about my team, we can play three or four indifferently , when the transfer window closes I think a definitive path will have to be taken, at the moment due to the needs we have had to alternate two systems. Sometimes it can be an advantage not to let your opponents understand how you play. Many times you play with three and you send out your arm, so it becomes four.
Stefano Colantuono
Manager on Salernitana…INJURIES
They are two completely different cases. For Grigoris it was a joint problem and there was a risk, Boulaye is not at his best yet, there is no point in forcing him and risking a relapse. From Turin we will have him 100%. Pirola also wanted to be there at all costs but the doctor advised us against it. I would always like someone like Kastanos on the pitch, he has some more training and won't be able to have the 90 minutes, I have to understand whether it is better to let him do the first 60 minutes or have him take over, this is still in doubt. He did a great gesture, I forced him because having him even if he's not at the top is fundamental.
…TRANSFER MARKET
I criticize when coaches take the market as an alibi, I blindly trust my president and the director, I think about training the best of those I have who have shown they can produce great performances, the results have not rewarded us and we must reverse the trend but continue on the road to the game and the desire that the boys have shown. Before the match against Genoa I made a speech. I was amazed that people applauded us when we arrived at the stadium. People don't give anything away, if they did it it means that something we transferred them. The players are made responsible, we believe in it, we can achieve 7 victories when we are at full strength, we will also have many direct clashes at home, I think there are all the situations to be able to reverse the trend and hope for salvation which would be a nice thing.
… DE ROSSI
It's nice to find Daniele De Rossi on the bench he's always dreamed of, I'll be happy to see him again, when one of the world champions does well it's always a pleasure. Roma have changed something but I'm thinking about my team, we can play three or four indifferently , when the transfer window closes I think a definitive path will have to be taken, at the moment due to the needs we have had to alternate two systems. Sometimes it can be an advantage not to let your opponents understand how you play. Many times you play with three and you send out your arm, so it becomes four.
Daniele De Rossi
Manager on AS Roma…INJURIES
I saw Paulo well, he trained 100% with his teammates and he seemed brighter than in the first week. I saw him a little tired and he himself told us that he wasn't 100% free. Dean stopped for a few days but I think he's fine, yesterday he trained with us but we did relatively little. He will try again today but I think he will leave with us without problems. Mancio is fine, he had never trained with us and had only watched, but I liked the physical condition and how he proposed himself and threw himself into the fray, with the right enthusiasm. Aouar hasn't been on holiday, he's trained, he told me between trips and night trips, he hasn't slept much. The first day he returned he felt tossed around, from one continent to another, but he is active and I consider him very ready to play.
…SALERNITANA
Salernitana has a good coach and a lot of quality especially in the attacking phase, they have quality players, we will have to be very careful. It has different players, explosive, older but with great quality like my friends Candreva and Fazio, but I don't know if he will be there. They have an interesting team, it will be a difficult match. Without bowls I wouldn't have thought of finding them so low, they have an important squad. They lost at the last minute against Juve, they drew 0-0 with Inter until Lautaro came on, they beat Lazio and drew with Milan, they achieved fearsome results against the big teams. We go there to play the match because we know we are very strong.
…AWAY GAMES
You quote Mourinho, you should ask him what he saw in those periods, because he saw fear. I evaluate what I see and I see players with personality. And even if I take a step back in their careers, they are players who played for us and won away, they took us to the final in Europe, Cristante and Spinazzola won a European Championship away from home in England in the final. There are times when things go wrong at home and others when they go wrong away from home, these are phases of the season. I like the team of bandits as a slogan, in football you also need to have that competitive angularity and wickedness that makes you take away points even in a dirty way in bad matches. I want a team of great players and I think I have it. In terms of personality I don't think I have a team that sins from this point of view, on the contrary.