Gian Piero Gasperini felt ‘luck was not on our facet’ as , however he welcomes the arrival of Donyell Malen and Bryan Zaragoza amid ‘difficulties’ on the switch market.
The Giallorossi have been in the end undone by a deflection off Donyell Malen within the defensive wall, which gave Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s free kick an additional spin to shock Mile Svilar on the far prime nook.
UDINE, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Roma gamers encompass the referee after Cristante’s aim is dominated out throughout the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AS Roma at Stadio Friuli on February 02, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Pictures)
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“Undoubtedly, it’s by no means straightforward to play towards Udinese,”
“We lacked precision within the ultimate third, have been unfortunate by just a few centimetres on the finish and the aim we conceded confirmed luck was not on our facet this night.
“Nonetheless, we depart with our heads held excessive, and with the energy to maintain enhancing ourselves.”
There have been two massive possibilities to equalise in stoppages, however Kostas Tsimikas was offside on the Bryan Cristante aim, then Maduka Okoye fingertipped the Gianluca Mancini toe-poke off the road.
Nonetheless, there was treasured little else upfront, so why the dearth of scoring alternatives created?
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“It was a really closed match, they too solely had a few long-range makes an attempt, in any other case it was tough for each groups to construct one thing. We have been trying to do extra and we didn’t handle it, however when you’ve 5 – 6 males within the field, that may be a likelihood, even when we didn’t get the end away. I really feel like we did extra in that sense.”
Gasperini anticipated fewer issues for Roma transfers
UDINE, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Gian Piero Gasperini, supervisor of AS Roma, seems on earlier than kick off on the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AS Roma at Stadio Friuli on February 02, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Pictures)
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Roma have been busy within the switch window, bringing in Malen, Robinio Vaz and right this moment Bryan Zaragoza on mortgage with choice to purchase from Bayern Munich.
In addition they despatched Leon Bailey again to Aston Villa halfway by means of his mortgage spell.
“The switch market is closed, now we have now 4 months and I didn’t realise we’d have a lot issue introducing gamers in roles that we had been making an attempt to fill because the summer season,” famous Gasperini when requested how blissful he was with the membership’s switch technique.
“Evidently there have been numerous difficulties. Now we have now Malen and Zaragoza, who will definitely give us a hand, then some very younger gamers. We’ll attempt to do our greatest.”
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Are there any regrets or a participant that he would’ve wished to usher in at Roma?
“There have been dozens of names talked about within the media, however I’m glad we managed to get Malen and Zaragoza. I realise it’s by no means straightforward to do enterprise within the January window, however these two gamers will definitely assist. There are additionally kids like Venturino and Vaz who characterize the longer term, however we can not assume they’re aggressive proper now for such excessive ambitions.
“An important factor is getting gamers like Manu Kone and Paulo Dybala again from damage, as it is a group that doesn’t quit.”
UDINE, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Bryan Cristante of Roma scores a aim which is dominated out throughout the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AS Roma at Stadio Friuli on February 02, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Pictures)
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This end result implies that Roma slipped out of the highest 4 and into fifth place, now two factors behind Juventus.
They’ve now amassed simply two attracts within the final three aggressive matches, held 1-1 by Milan and within the Europa League by Panathinaikos.
“These are tough locations to play, you possibly can win or lose, we’ve seen that all through the season.”
that there at the moment are far too many matches and they’re damaging the well being of gamers, so how does Gasperini replicate on that?
“That is the soccer system now, there are extra tournaments and due to this fact extra video games. The one adverse facet is that 90 per cent of the accidents occur throughout matches, not often in coaching, and there’s most likely a purpose for that,” replied the Roma coach.
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“There have at all times been accidents, however there are double now as a result of there are double the variety of matches. The massive drawback is that with expertise we have now not been in a position to shorten the restoration time, though the assessments are extra exact in figuring out accidents early. Whenever you play extra, there’s a higher danger of damage, that’s simply statistical chance.”