Roma suffered a 4-1 loss to Napoli today, causing their poor run of form to continue. New manager, Claudio Ranieri, had this to say after the game about the current state of the giallorossi: "We are doing everything, honestly. In this condition it is difficult to help the team and work, but we won't give up and we'll look to give our best."
Ranieri insists the players' physical condition is an issue: "The players trained very little for a long time due to injuries and then they are asked to play. Even Zaniolo, he had a stomach bug Friday and asked me not to play. In addition to this Napoli are a squad full of confidence, they close down all the spaces and change positions often. We are even fragile in the mental aspect. How did my team react to my words after the Spal game? They have regrouped and some players gave me effort even though they are not 100% like Manolas, Dzeko, De Rossi and the same with Kolarov: to them I say thank you. Regret taking over Roma? Never, how would I do that? We will manage the criticism by isolating ourselves. We still have games to play."
