Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini analyzed the team\u2019s 3-0 victory over Cremonese at the Stadio Olimpico tonight.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the first half we struggled; Cremonese closed down well and it wasn\u2019t easy. We weren\u2019t able to be dangerous, then we put Cristante closer to Malen and the pressure increased. In the second half we created a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was hoping the team would react this way to my ideas. I began to expect it when I saw the boys\u2019 reaction from the very first training sessions. I was absolutely convinced we\u2019d do well, maybe not that well, but there\u2019s always been a great spirit. \u201c<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team has a very solid group, and the young players are growing. In the first half of the season, the core played with great consistency and gave the young players the chance to shine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCristante also scored like this in Florence; it\u2019s in his repertoire. Today we decided to send him to the near post, but we usually alternate. We were lacking goals from corners; we take a lot of them and hadn\u2019t scored in a while. Today we kicked them well and moved well. Set pieces are a resource for all teams; we were a bit behind, but today we made up for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fortunate to have already coached players like Dybala, Cristante, Mancini, and El Shaarawy. I have many leaders in the team, and they\u2019ve inspired everyone. I\u2019ve had great professional responses from everyone, even the new ones. The atmosphere was positive even before my arrival, thanks to Ranieri\u2019s work, but they\u2019ve always been extremely open to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe match against Juventus? Sunday is a very important match, and a win would be a big step forward. I\u2019ve been to the Champions League five times with Atalanta and I\u2019ve always won it at the end, at most with two games to spare. There are so many games left, and now there are teams coming from behind like Atalanta and Como, who are very dangerous. It will be a battle. This is a very important moment, and tonight\u2019s victory is crucial to get us to the next matches with a small advantage that could be useful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini analyzed the team\u2019s 3-0 victory over Cremonese at the Stadio Olimpico tonight. \u201cIn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-485335","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\/485335","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=485335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}