Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini believes it’s too quickly to set long-term targets for Roma, however insists that his facet will not be the ‘favourites’ to win this season’s Europa League, and has additionally identified what he thinks is the largest flaw in his Giallorossi facet: ‘We’ve problem as soon as we take the lead’.
Roma get their Europa League marketing campaign underway on Wednesday night with an away journey to face Ligue 1 facet OGC Good within the opening spherical of league part fixtures.
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Roma are coming in off the again of in Serie A over the weekend, which leaves them fourth within the league desk after three wins from a doable 4 at the beginning of the season.
What Gasperini mentioned earlier than Good vs. Roma
ROME, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 21: Gian Piero Gasperini head coach of AS Roma gestures through the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on September 21, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Silvia Lore/Getty Pictures)
All 4 of Roma’s Serie A matches this season have ended 1-0: Three in favour of the Giallorossi and one which went towards them.
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Throughout his pre-match on Tuesday night, Gasperini was requested whether or not he thinks his facet have an issue discovering the again of the online.
He replied: “My evaluation is that now we have problem as soon as we take the lead, as a result of other than towards Torino, this staff has all the time scored.
“Perhaps the sport plan adjustments and we find yourself attempting to defend a 1-0, fairly than in search of one other aim that would give us extra safety. Then the video games stay open, within the steadiness.
“We’ve usually had the benefit, however don’t proceed to play in the identical method. If you end up forward, the circumstances for scoring are a lot simpler than if you find yourself behind, or at 0-0.”
ROME, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 21: Lorenzo Pellegrini of AS Roma celebrates the opening aim together with his staff mates through the Serie A match between SS Lazio and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico on September 21, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Pictures)
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Gasperini was additionally requested whether or not he sees Roma as one of many favourites to win the Europa League this season/
He replied: “It is a staff that’s attempting to construct, and get there by way of a unique method of taking part in. We’re making our method. I don’t assume it’s doable to say that Roma are the favourites, or to foretell what we are going to do within the league. It’s a staff that has to develop, play higher, mix collectively increasingly more and convey new gamers into the squad.
“It is a competitors that can also be very completely different to the one it was two or three years in the past. There’s a rating, a schedule that’s not the identical for everybody. Our fixture listing is without doubt one of the most tough as a result of we’ll face very sturdy groups like Stuttgart and Lille at residence, and now we have some very tough groups in tough atmospheres away from residence.
ROME, ITALY – AUGUST 23: Wesley Franca of AS Roma (hidden) celebrates scoring his staff’s first aim with teammates through the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Olimpico on August 23, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photograph by Paolo Bruno/Getty Pictures)
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“We’ve to attempt to choose up factors in all places and take issues recreation by recreation. Lengthy-term targets have to be set a bit additional forward, as a result of there is no such thing as a level in the mean time.”
Gasperini gave a direct response when requested in regards to the situation of star Roma gamers Paulo Dybala and Leon Bailey: “We’ll see them after the break. Earlier than, I don’t assume so.”