Ranieri previews Roma-Hellas Verona | OneFootball

Roma manager Claudio Ranieri spoke to reporters on Friday morning to preview the upcoming clash with Hellas Verona.

“El Shaarawy and Dovbyk did separate work today, but they’re available and as usual I will choose the line-up between tonight and tomorrow.”

“What the boys are doing is very impressive. Physically the team is fine, but the state of form is not optimal. However, this team is doing its best in this very delicate moment.”

“Svilar? I don’t think there are any risks of losing him. He wants to stay, I’m convinced that it will end with mutual satisfaction.”

“Dovbyk? There is no blame. The team should serve him more and he should move better. It’s great the he scores goals, but he has to give us the performance. We are still not satisfied, neither me nor him.”

“The market? Let’s think about this season. Since I arrived we have done our best, we have young players who need to grow and the gap with the others who are at the top is significant.”

“Sometimes we lack cunning, craftiness. I am very angry. But in some moments we have to be more alert, if I don’t take the ball, the opponent won’t take it either. We need a lot of repetition to become consistent.”

“Pisilli? He has done well since I came, in the last period he has dropped a lot in condition and now he is recovering.”

“Can we still reach the Champions League? Let’s be honest, let’s be serious with our fans, it’s not possible. We’ve made an incredible journey in the second half of the season, so let’s hold on to this and these guys.”

“Hummels? He’s a pillar and I’m convinced that every time I put him in he’ll perform well.”

“Our fans deserve the best. They deserve what the club wants to achieve: a team consistently in the top four that wants to win titles.”