Roma vs Napoli: A Crucial Match for Champions League Ambitions

Tomorrow, Roma will take the field against Napoli for the 34th matchday of Serie A. A big and important match, crucial for the Champions League, which Daniele De Rossi does not want to miss. For this reason, he has studied the lineup well, which, however, will be missing some elements. Among these, Ndicka will not be present, who, on the other hand, has recovered very well and is ready to take the field alongside Mancini to face Osimhen. The coach from Ostia discussed this with the club's channels: 'The difficulties from here to the end of the season? The biggest difficulties are in facing many close matches, having little time to prepare them, and having strong opponents like Napoli, Bologna, Udinese. All the teams we will face are of the highest level, we would sometimes need fresh forces, but in most cases, the others have other commitments as well. It will be difficult, but we are not complaining, Napoli is the only team at the level that is close to Inter, they were unplayable last year, this year they are struggling but they are always a tough team.' 'What atmosphere do you expect? There is always this strong rivalry, on the day of my farewell I made a joke saying that I would miss my fans and those of the opponents like those of Napoli because I never went unnoticed. Tomorrow there might be some nervousness towards their team, but then they will support it. It will be a hostile field, but we have also done it in Europe on many occasions.' De Rossi “special”, like no other: a record performance (even better than Spalletti and Capello) 'How much can the victory against Udinese help? Yes, it should not help too much because we have not done much, we have put some things back in place after the defeat with Bologna. Our schedule is complicated and it is complicated to reach our goal, we have to take another step in this direction.' 'How is Ndicka? The absence of Paredes? Evan is fine, he has trained and especially made it clear with words that he felt very good, he is not afraid of clashes, of confrontations, he is back to being a player at 100%. He and Mancio will have a nice duel in front because Osimhen is one of the strongest center-forwards in the world. Regarding the absence of Paredes, we are ready to do without someone as strong as him.' 'Experiment Abraham-Azmoun? An interesting experiment, if we think that we also have Lukaku. In Frosinone, the Lukaku-Azmoun experiment did not go well, but it is something repeatable when you want to bring inches in the area, but also after the game has started as long as there is a different organization that supports the two forwards. It is not that you try it for a 19’ game, we should be ready in the future.' 'Few alternatives to the three points from here to the end of the season? I left three months ago and if you had told me that we would be fifth now with 4 points over Atalanta and 6 from Lazio I would have signed it given where we started. We have reignited this race making it something possible, the teams behind are strong, the schedule is not easy but there is great awareness of having played great games with great teams and terrible games with teams that are weaker on paper. Atalanta made a point between Cagliari and Hellas Verona, we would all have laughed if we had predicted it, but at the end of the season, anything can happen.' 'A comment on the Roma Women's team? Pride, great pride, and a pinch of envy. Joking aside, last night we spoke with Spugna and Bavagnoli, we are proud and if you remind me that we walked down the Spanish Steps years ago with Bartoli it reminds me that they were a bit intimidated by us, it was all new for them. We tried to make them comfortable and now they are the ones making us comfortable, they are the true champions who bring glory to Rome. We can't wait to match them and emulate them by doing something important with the team. We are happy for them, women's football is growing in Italy beyond Rome, we see players of absolute value, it is an important movement. They are girls who care, every now and then I meet Linari and they are crazy about football, it is right that they have their space, their recognition, and their honor.'