They struggled and suffered, but Sassuolo left the Mapei stadium with three points after their win against Benevento. Following the game, Roberto De Zerbi spoke to Sky Sport:"We aren't feeling great, we are hurting a bit. We are holding on to the top of the standings with our fingernails. In football there are periods where you struggle, but we need to play better. Djuricic did well although those aren't his characteristics. We can't ask him to do what Capital or Defrel do. If we don't go back quickly to what we were, we'll pay for it in long run"
De Zerbi was asked about his team's objectives:"I would say we are a small team, it's okay if Sassuolo don't win in Rome even if we are one man up. We must not forget that we started off with a lot of young players, I'm young too. I don't want us to think we are owed everything. We must have fun by doing the most possible"
