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DI FRANCESCO: &#34;WE&#39;LL PLAY WITH PASSION, HEART AND COMMITMENT&#34;

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&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eusebio Di Francesco&lt;/strong&gt; spoke in the pre-match press conference on the eve of the derby della Capitale. “&lt;em&gt;Mentally they&amp;#39;re all ready to get stuck into this big match. They&amp;#39;ve all trained well this week and we&amp;#39;ve been able to work on some of the areas we need to improve on.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;About tactical difficulties for tomorrow&amp;#39;s match: “&lt;em&gt;A derby always poses difficulties. We&amp;#39;ll be up against a side who are very dangerous on the counter and good at getting midfielders into the box. It will be tough as derbies always are. They have quality throughout the team and a player such as Correa who&amp;#39;s difficult to contain in one-on-one situations.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;About Nicolò Zaniolo: “&lt;em&gt;He doesn&amp;#39;t need to be relaxed. He needs to be determined, focused and aggressive. I haven&amp;#39;t said much to him about the derby because it&amp;#39;s not a game you need to motivate players for. He has plenty of team-mates who can explain it to him. He&amp;#39;ll be one of those involved and we expect a big performance from him.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Manolas is avalilable: “&lt;em&gt;He will be available for the game. He came through the full training session with the rest of the team yesterday and he&amp;#39;s shaken off his ankle problem. It looked worse initially but it&amp;#39;s ok now. He&amp;#39;ll train with the rest of the squad today and then we&amp;#39;ll decide tomorrow.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;On Stephan El Shaarawy: “&lt;em&gt;We have lots of important players in this squad. El Shaarawy can&amp;#39;t play alone, only as part of a collective and he&amp;#39;s playing for the good of the team at the moment. He&amp;#39;s raised his level and improved his consistency this season. I&amp;#39;m happy with that but it&amp;#39;s not enough: he must keep improving.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;About De Rossi: “&lt;em&gt;I can&amp;#39;t tell you if he&amp;#39;ll play tomorrow. All I know is that tomorrow is the most important match. He&amp;#39;s been training consistently and looking good. He&amp;#39;s fine at the moment and he&amp;#39;s improved his fitness.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;The message to Roma&amp;#39;s fans: “&lt;em&gt;I think the fans will be fired up for it as it is. We&amp;#39;ll play with passion, heart and commitment. Dzeko&amp;#39;s 95th-minute winner at Frosinone made for a tense finale but it some ways it&amp;#39;s brought the fans even closer to the team. I hope to see the same celebrations tomorrow and I hope we can produce a top performance. We&amp;#39;ll put our heart before our heads.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Photo Getty Images&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.asroma.com&#34;&gt;www.asroma.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Eusebio Di Francesco spoke in the pre-match press conference on the eve of the derby della Capitale. “Mentally they&#39;re all ready to get stuck into this big match. They&#39;ve all trained well this week and we&#39;ve been able to work on some of the areas we need to improve on.”

About tactical difficulties for tomorrow&#39;s match: “A derby always poses difficulties. We&#39;ll be up against a side who are very dangerous on the counter and good at getting midfielders into the box. It will be tough as derbies always are. They have quality throughout the team and a player such as Correa who&#39;s difficult to contain in one-on-one situations.”

About Nicolò Zaniolo: “He doesn&#39;t need to be relaxed. He needs to be determined, focused and aggressive. I haven&#39;t said much to him about the derby because it&#39;s not a game you need to motivate players for. He has plenty of team-mates who can explain it to him. He&#39;ll be one of those involved and we expect a big performance from him.”

Manolas is avalilable: “He will be available for the game. He came through the full training session with the rest of the team yesterday and he&#39;s shaken off his ankle problem. It looked worse initially but it&#39;s ok now. He&#39;ll train with the rest of the squad today and then we&#39;ll decide tomorrow.”

On Stephan El Shaarawy: “We have lots of important players in this squad. El Shaarawy can&#39;t play alone, only as part of a collective and he&#39;s playing for the good of the team at the moment. He&#39;s raised his level and improved his consistency this season. I&#39;m happy with that but it&#39;s not enough: he must keep improving.”

About De Rossi: “I can&#39;t tell you if he&#39;ll play tomorrow. All I know is that tomorrow is the most important match. He&#39;s been training consistently and looking good. He&#39;s fine at the moment and he&#39;s improved his fitness.”

The message to Roma&#39;s fans: “I think the fans will be fired up for it as it is. We&#39;ll play with passion, heart and commitment. Dzeko&#39;s 95th-minute winner at Frosinone made for a tense finale but it some ways it&#39;s brought the fans even closer to the team. I hope to see the same celebrations tomorrow and I hope we can produce a top performance. We&#39;ll put our heart before our heads.”

(Photo Getty Images)

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