"A dirty and not ugly game in which Lazio has led us to play in a certain way" - this is the way that Eusebio Di Francesco described the derby against Lazio which finished 0-0.
"We had to be better at keeping the ball on the ground - continued the Rome coach at the SkySport microphones - we moved badly especially at the beginning. Then I changed, putting Radja Nainggolan behind the striker and we did better. It was not an easy game, Lazio had more determination. We have had many occasions that we did not materialize and we have also risked a lot. Two days more of recovery? Our path and our growth is the ability to treat all games in the same way. This was however experienced differently from the usual derby and this is not good, like when you go play with small teams".
"Lots of shots but no goals? We've been doing this for a while. We must improve in the quality of the last pass, to get around an opponent left in 10. It often happens to us and we have to be better at exploiting the external lanes. A few weeks ago we created many important occasions but we were not very determined. We want to do our best to score, but we lack a little bit of quality. Barcelona is stronger than us but they had the thought of going around us with many dribbles. Our way of playing favors us but tonight Lazio was physical, even more than us in some areas of the field. This does not allow you to do the things you want."
"Manolas in the middle and Fazio right? Kostas is a defender who does not have the desire to create numerical superiority but becomes good when he has to cover many spaces in our half. Fazio wants to be more aggressive, takes more initiative even if it is slower".
