Ivan Juric anticipates ‘small turnover’ vs Athletic Club | OneFootball

Roma manager Ivan Juric spoke to Sky Sport on the eve of the match with Athletic Club at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

The Croatian technician said, “At the moment the only thing that counts are the results.”

”The victory with Udinese has already changed the faces of the players. They feel better, more enthusiastic. We have to focus on that, we ultimately respond on the field, and don’t bother with other things.”

“We hope to continue to perform as well as we did on Sunday. Tomorrow we will have to play a great game and try to win.”

”The match against Udinese? For a long stretches I saw what I wanted: high pressing, not letting the opponents play, but also vertical plays and a lot of quality when it came to ball possession.”

“There is work to be done on preventive coverage, to pay a lot of attention to it. Already from tomorrow, because Bilbao plays directly with a lot of speed. Against Udinese in 3/4 situations the preventive coverages were not right.”

”Nico Williams? Sometimes one will mark him, other times someone else. We will have to pay close attention, be ready and close the passing lanes leading to him more than mark him.”

”The team’s morale when I arrived? There was sadness because they couldn’t get the results they wanted and they gave everything.”

“It’s normal that they were disappointed because they had a great relationship with De Rossi, that’s my feeling. This is our life, what happened to Daniele I experienced in Genoa. We are all on the same level in a sense. You have to work, think about rejoicing like the other night. That’s what matters.”

“Forget about everything else and think only about the field, the performance, train well and get good results.”

”Tomorrow there will be a small turnover. We’re going to change something because we need to get to know the players well, see how everyone performs. I think it’s not easy to play every three days so there will be a bit of turnover.”