Gian Piero Gasperini spoke highly of his team in the aftermath of Roma\u2019s win over Bologna in the first game of the season.<\/p>\n
After the match, the Italian coach spoke to Sky Sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to applaud my players. It was the first match, things on the pitch can\u2019t be precise but we started off with the right attitude against a difficult team that did very well. This gives us a lot of motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new signings? We\u2019re talking about very young players with huge potential. Tonight they\u2019ve already given a great demonstration of their value, along with the team, which is compact.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d seen it in preseason, especially abroad, where it\u2019s not easy to play in packed stadiums. Tonight against a strong Bologna, we showed a lot of great things. The fact that the fans appreciated it is very nice.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to rank tonight; we were really compact and close to each other. The attackers also did well defensively; they were always compact and aggressive, and they got to the ball first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also played with quality; we deserved to take the lead in the first half hour. In the second half, we didn\u2019t give up. We did well in all areas; if we\u2019d been more focused, we could have scored the second goal, but the fact that we had to struggle is another positive, a sign that this team has character.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe played with courage, it\u2019s not easy. Bologna has dangerous attackers and a quality bench. We played with great consistency in recovering the ball. I\u2019m satisfied, it\u2019s the first match and it\u2019s not easy for anyone, not even for experienced teams. Having played with this spirit, in this stadium and against this team gives us great strength and a great confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gian Piero Gasperini spoke highly of his team in the aftermath of Roma\u2019s win over Bologna in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-105621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}