Daniele De Rossi spoke ahead of the match between Roma and Lecce scheduled for Monday at the Via del Mare
Roma is preparing to face Lecce away from home. A key match for both sides: Puglia's side are desperate for redemption while De Rossi's side are aiming for Champions League qualification.
Roma published a video showing De Rossi answering various questions regarding the trip to Lecce: “We will spend Easter together, we really want to start playing again, and it's also okay to skip the holiday at home just to get back to doing what we love most. We will face a very difficult obstacle like the Lecce match away from home, and we know that points are especially for lower-ranked teams.” “It's now worth double, if not triple. It's going to be a very tough match.”
There are some unknowns for Lecce regarding the change of coach: “Lecce is a team that struggled a bit in the last few matches, then they won a very important match in Salerno and they will definitely be aggressive. Unfortunately we had to prepare for the match with little material because Guti only played one match. We have prepared two versions: one similar to what he did in the past and one very similar to the way “The one he played in Salerno. We have a double option and we keep him because we have no material to study.”
Terms of Dybala and Brahim
Daniele De Rossi then clearly focused on the issue of Abraham and Dybala: “We have no doubt about Abraham, he will not be able to play again because there are deadlines regarding his king, he must complete the third and fourth week of training at full capacity with the team. We evaluated Paulo because he trained more intensely on his own, today he trained with us but he “He was more pleasant. Tomorrow we will know whether we will bring him, let him play from the first minute or not. I will see you tomorrow.”
During the national team break, De Rossi intervenes as follows: There are no big risks, many players traveled normally, came back, rested and trained a little. But this is the national team, I was part of the national team as a player and collaborator, so I have great respect for these moments. Amazing training yesterday, everyone trained incredibly well. Today we are a bit more relaxed, but the situation is that everyone came back with great desire.”
The coach is approaching the Champions League share: “Some say 70 because the fourth has always scored 70 points, but if we see the fifth has scored 64 points in recent years, it is possible to reach 65. Making these expectations is of little use, we have to go and win and there are still many and they are all difficult. “If we face them mentally together we will die, but if we face them one by one we can win them all. No one thought we could achieve seven wins, a draw and a defeat in nine matches, so this should give us confidence to be able to face the next matches in the best possible way.”
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