AS ROMA NEWS – After the first part published yesterday, the second half of the interview with Claudio Ranieri is published today in the columns of Corriere dello Sport. These are the words of the Roma coach:
Claudio, is Pellegrini really staying?
“I’m sure he is. I want to clarify one thing, though.”
Which one?
“He was not the one who insisted on taking the field in the derby. In so many years no player has ever asked me to play. With Lorenzo it only took a few words on Saturday morning. I don’t give long speeches, I don’t waste three hours talking to the team. Players have an attention span of eight seconds. Often a joke done well is enough. De resto even the Pope recently said that homilies should be shorter.”
Usti. You chose a nothing comparison.
He laughs. “I had decided to keep Lorenzo on the bench, but in his eyes I saw a different light, his eyes were full of light. I realized that the desire to be there, to play, was huge. And I changed my mind. It worked out well for both of us. Let’s say I got some experience.”
Claudio, don’t you also smell the sweet scent of restoration?
“In what sense? I only smell the scent of Roma and Trigoria.”
Ultimately you came back to Roma to…?
“Get it going again and lay a solid foundation, Roma has to get back to fighting for something important, for the Scudetto. The time of the Rometta is over, now there is Roma, the Friedkins are used to thinking big…. I try to do what I know and can. In a later stage I will put my experience at the service of the club.”
You mean at the time of the choices for next season.
“Precisely.”
Consultant ad personam.
“I don’t feel like you can consider this news.”
Give me a joy: have you ever been really pissed off?
“Sure, but who remembers.”
This is not a good sign.
“I am young, only old people remember, I live today. And anyway, yes, at Chelsea I flew the table with all the vitamins, bottles and stuff. Table and chairs, I’m not saying I smashed the locker room, but almost…”
For what reason?
“And who remembers…”
Aridaje.
“I tell you when I felt sorrow.”
In Como.
“For that horrible second half. I was very bitter, the game had changed and we were not able to read it. I can also lose, but if there was the performance the bitterness passes more quickly.”
Totti read the interview: apparently he has his phone turned off.
More laughter.
Source: Sports Courier
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