Roma midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini don reveal say head coach Gian Piero Gasperini na im play big role to make am remain for di club after him six-month injury layoff. Pellegrini talk say di coach help am stay, and im dey ready to help di squad ahead of dia Champions League match against Slovan Bratislava.
Roma go welcome Slovan Bratislava, and dem know say home win fit prove crucial to dia Champions League hopes. Di team dey inside one busy run of fixtures. After di stop-and-start beginning to di new season, with di three-week international break at di end of September, Roma dey play seven matches dis month, with five more to come in November. So far, dem draw 0-0 with Como even though dem play with one man down, lose 4-3 to Real Madrid, José Mourinho side, after blowing two-goal lead with seven minutes left, then bounce back with 2-0 win over Genoa on Saturday.
Before di Slovan match, Gasperini face media and talk say di Slovakian side na dynamic team wey dey well prepared athletically, and dem get some very good players. Im talk say although dem no be among di top-tier teams in di Champions League, every match in di competition dey difficult. Gasperini insist say Roma no go underestimate di opposition, especially because dem need win to improve dia chances of progressing.
Gasperini also address di forward situation. Donyell Malen was suspended for di Genoa match, so summer signing Santiago Castro step in and score di 50th-minute winner with one cheeky chip inside di box. When dem ask Gasperini how im plan to share minutes between Castro and Malen, im talk say no question of frustrating anybody, because Castro score great goal di other night. Im talk say based on dia characteristics, dis fit be game where dem play together, maybe from start or during di match. But im no want disrupt di structure and patterns of team wey dey score goals and create plenty chances just because dem want see two particular players on di pitch together. Gasperini talk say di attack dey function well, with players wey offer different qualities, and for now things dey work, so im no need go looking for other solutions.
