Claudio Ranieri despatched a motivational message to Roma star Paulo Dybala throughout his pre-match press convention forward of the primary leg of the Europa League spherical of 16 towards Athletic Membership, insisting that ‘champions shouldn’t be tamed’.
Roma, who’ve been on a powerful run of kind below Ranieri this calendar yr, will host Athletic Membership, who completed the Europa League league section in second place stage on factors with Lazio on the high, on the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday evening.
Dybala is predicted to line up as ordinary within the Giallorossi beginning XI regardless of enjoying the complete 90 minutes in in Serie A on the weekend.
Ranieri fires up Dybala: ‘Champions shouldn’t be tamed’
Whereas there’s an expectation for each participant to work arduous on the pitch, Ranieri encourages Dybala to deal with the sport in another way to a few of his teammates.
Requested if there’s something specifically he want to say to Dybala throughout his pre-match , Ranieri replied: “To have enjoyable, he has to have enjoyable.
“Everybody has to run and battle, and he has to have enjoyable. Champions like him shouldn’t be tamed, however they need to be supported and given quite a lot of balls in. He has fantastic imaginative and prescient.”