FONSECA READY TO FACE VERY DIFFERENT JUVE CHALLENGE
Coach Paulo Fonseca faced the media on Friday afternoon, in order to preview the weekend's big Serie A meeting with Juventus.
The game at Juventus Stadium gets underway at 18:00 CET.
With both sides currently inside the top four in Serie A, here's what the boss had to say going into an eagerly-anticipated contest...
Tomorrow’s game sees third and fourth in the league face off. Beyond the standings, in terms of quality, where do you think Juventus are stronger than Roma – and where are Roma stronger than Juventus?
“I don’t like making comparisons like that. These are two different sides.
"Juventus are a very good team, with a great coach. They play a bit differently compared to the start of the season. Now they’ve had a bit more time to work with the coach and there is more intensity, more dynamism, they have confidence and a lot of individual brilliance. Roma are in good form right now, we’ve won two important games and so we are also confident.”
Tiago Pinto spoke about the Edin Dzeko issue earlier in the week. Will he play tomorrow, and will Bryan Cristante be the captain?
“I don’t have anything to add beyond what Tiago already said. We spoke, now everything is okay. Dzeko has trained well, but Cristante will be the captain tomorrow.”
Could tomorrow’s game be a breakout moment for Borja Mayoral?
“We don’t need tomorrow's game to know what he is capable of producing. Borja is young, he’s playing really well – he needs to stay focused in order to do well again tomorrow.”
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