Sassuolo, De Zerbi: “Rome is not over yet. Future? I don’t sleep at night … “

Three points in the standings from Roma, Sassuolo coach Roberto De Zerbi spoke to the microphones of Dazn after the victory against Sampdoria: “Today we weren’t great, but we did a great victory against a strong team. We weren’t even physically brilliant, we took Milan’s victory with us. This is why I think it is a great victory, we have ten points from Sampdoria, eleven from Verona and we are less than three from Roma. If last year we had an extraordinary championship, this year it is even more so and it’s not over yet “

TACTICS – “Marlon who gets up is born from the need, not to do something new. I would have liked to have someone on the bench to break the game, if I had played Boga I would not have had anyone in the second half to force. So we thought about putting Marlon under construction, I didn’t want to defend at five and so without the ball we moved him to play the play. Sampdoria was pressing hard, they didn’t give us time to change from one system to another and then we went back to the classic form to force ”.

ON THE MATCH – “In the first half we made the ball move less quickly because we were preparing for a possible loss of possession. For the desire to score we could have conceded it. In the second half we went back to the classic and played faster. Sometimes we get labeled for playing horizontally, but if that were the case we wouldn’t be sixth best offense. If at times we go horizontally it is because we know what we are doing ”.

ALTERNATIVE – “I am lucky in exchange rates, many other times they have given me wrong even though I have studied them for a long time. There are three or four players who are stronger and more ready like Berardi and Locatelli, for the others it is right that he takes everyone into consideration. Everyone proves to me that they are worthwhile, there is plenty of choice in front of us and we have many outside. I hope to return to being more prone to errors and to have non-obligatory choices “.

LOPEZ – “He is an amazing player who unfortunately we see in an environment where, before evaluating a player, we look at his weight and height. Maxime Lopez recovers many balls, he is also a player of quantity. Understands many readings first. What can improve is the speed of thought, it has an extra touch in the head. When it improves in this aspect it can be completed ”.

FUTURE – “Beyond the standings, I care a lot about relationships and what this environment has given me, club and team. Doing better than what we are doing this year is complicated, the choice to stay or not does not depend on the position in the standings. Shakhtar? Without talking about other teams, I don’t sleep there at night but for Sassuolo, to understand what I have to do. Other times I chose belly “.