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On another note my arse is gone. Shitting it a record level
Francesco and Kolarov presser - summary
Francesco -
Re first impressions: "We walked around Anfield and what comes to my mind – the beautiful English stadia, great facilities, stadium and atmosphere, and we aren't used to that as Italian coaches, having the fans right behind us, right close to us."
Re Klopp, Its no coincidence both teams are here. Klopp said the importance of being positive and the Anfield family. What do Roma need to win this match. “We will have our away fans. We will need to play as a team more than ever, to play as a unit as we are facing a rival different to Barcelona in terms of pace and we need to equal them in that regard.”
Re form: asked about their latest and proposed best game against SPAL re defense, pressing high, and midfield control: “There is no comparison between Liverpool and our last rival in the league. Liverpool is a quality team , they are the team with the most practical passes when they win the ball back. We intend to impose ourself on them . In the last league game we showed we progressed our mentality and we need to show that tomorrow.”
Re Systems: “I dont like to talk about the line up, Shick and Under one of the two will play, we havent decided to play 4 or 3 man defence yet. We need to maintain philosophy keep going forward but at the same time be compact and combat liverpool who is elite on the break.”
Asked Is this Francesco Vs Klopp, Might the winner set the tone for new era of coaches and philosophy...“Ask Klopp, we both wear Glasses and have a beard. I like his philosophy. I'm both happy and concerned to play against a team run by such a good manager who has won titles, but I have great ambitions and we nurture the ambition to reach the final.”
Re: Liverpool attack and how to deal with it, How confident is Allison – "We cant focus on one player, we play as a team and they play as a team: Allison he is a match for Liverpool as are the rest of the squad.”
Re is it a good idea to sit back and drop deep against liverpool?: “We wont sit back and drop deep unless they force us too. We will stay short as a team and all movements depend on the position of the ball on the pitch.”
Asked in an interview, Strootman said we had a gameplan to stop Salah: “Strootman has become Italian and smart, we didnt prepare the match based on Salah. I can count on Under, my philosophy is to look forward. We will have a special attention to their best players not only Salah.”
As a young coach, asked does he want to manage in the UK at some point: “Never say never but focus is on the now. As Klopp said he can only say the word spaghetti in Italian and I can only say the word hamburger in English.”
Kolarov:
Re holding back Messi - “We will focus on the team and not specifically on salah in the same way we did against barca re Messi. We cannot win by just beating salah. In this way we can achieve great things.”
RE making it to the semis: "As Klopp said - It is no coincidence we are in the last four and deserve to be in the last 4, the same as for klopp and liverpool we deserve to play in two great matches. They have a lot of very good players and play at a high pace we cannot focus on one, we need to take care of all details."
Re winning the trophy: “We have a duty to try and win it and we will surely give it a go”
Re Roma players & Totti and his backroom influence– “I havent had the pleasure to play with him. I enjoy him as a club director, but I see him as a team mate. We havent spoken this week but anyone who did im sure he gave the right tips and recommendations.”
Re Youve already played here at Anfield , is it a fear to play at Anfield or a boost, what is your advice to your team mates: “ The champions League semi carrys a long standing special feeling, as children etc etc etc. we are perfectly aware of where we are, we could already feel the concentration on the way to the stadium on the bus .”
