Roberto Mancini spoke to Sky Sport about the 2-1 home win against Bologna. “I’m satisfied because Bologna is an opponent who do not concede at all. In the first half we did well, even though we had lost Icardi and therefore had less weight in attack. We had chances, all in all it was a good game.”
The stains on the evening: the suspension of Palacio and the knockout of Icardi.
“We all feel sorry for Mauro because we do not know the extent of the problem and also for Rodrigo who is a great player. We will see how we will play against Roma, but it won’t be the last chance. Sure it will be a very important match, a positive result will be important.”
Will there be a renewal of your contract?
“It is not a problem, I still have a year. And I can not stand always having to reiterate this, it is annoying to talk about. There isn’t any kind of problem.”
Behind the striker it varies greatly. Is there freedom or do you lack a right sided player?
“The only one who plays on the right is Biabiany, for the others it’s more difficult. But at the moment Perisic is the absolute best in that role, Ljajic has to put in more effort on the right. But they can also adapt.”
D’Ambrosio today has lowered the fever: was he decisive?
“He brought it down to 36.5 (degrees), then Kondogbia brought it back up to 40 (he laughs). We complicated a game where we had not risked anything. We can not make such a big mistake. On D’Ambrosio, I repeat: maximum confidence, errors are commited by everyone. Scoring is not his job, but we are happy.”
On the flanks there a lot of hard work, but perhaps there may be a lack of quality?
“Ljajic has the quality, that’s why I play him again: someone like him can make the difference. Perisic does a great job and sometimes may get tired, but in the end he has grown a lot. And then there is Biabiany who is the only one in his role but perhaps he understands his role best of them all.”
Is it possible that Miranda will play in the Coppa America and the Olympics?
“You’re making me laugh, maybe Dunga will also take him on holiday… we talked this morning with the Brazilian coach and we arranged to meet in a few weeks from now to update us and make the right choice.”
Can the two centre backs improve while away?
“That’s for sure. If they improve in their possession of the ball, then they can play it directly to the attackers.”
Source: FcInterNews.it
