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He said what? Week 8
Roberto Mancini, Massimiliano Allegri, Maurizio Sarri, Rudi Garcia and Eusebio Di Francesco all feature in He said what? Week 8.
Rudi Garcia, AS Roma manager tries to put pressure on Juve…
“They are the favorite Serie A winner, because they won four titles straight. We’ll do our best to subvert predictions but to win the title it will be vital not to have long-term injured such as Castan and Strootman last term.”
Talking about injured the Frenchman added:
“Leandro Castan is lacking of rhythm, both in games and trainings. While Edin Dzeko is still suffering from an injury. He has not been treated properly by the Bosnia and Herzegovina medicals.”
Massimiliano Allegri, seems to have understand which game the Capitoline’s manager is playing…
“Garcia is doing the opposite of what he did last year. After that Roma lost at the Juventus Stadium he said that his side would have won the Serie A at the end of the year. I guess that Inter are the favorite Serie A winners, despite Fiorentina are doing incredibly well. Roma are the second favorites for the Scudetto, and the third ones are Napoli. Juventus are the fourth. No, hang on a second, before us there is AC Milan because they have nine points already.”
As we previously reported, Real Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic recently criticized Roberto Mancini for his behavior, when they were both at Inter. That’s how the manager reacted to the midfielder’s words:
“I never had any problem with him, Kovacic has amazing skills, but most of times that’s not enough to become also a great football player.”
The former Manchester City boss is ready to face Juventus and battle it out for a Serie A title:
“Let’s just hope that the result won’t be the same of the last five years. We are not the favorite side to win Serie A this year. I think that the favorites are….Fiorentina!”
Maurizio Sarri agrees with Roberto Mancini’s prediction.
“It is not a case that Fiorentina are the first of the table. They are the only side that have dominated every match they played. Our position is still not good enough because we lost some points in the first handful of matches. Fiorentina are in front of us this year and they finished in fron of Napoli last season too. There is no doubt they’re stronger than us.”
President Aurelio De Laurentiis recently stated that Maurizio Sarri is playing a vital role in Napoli’s fascinating results thus far.
“As a manager I do the best that I can, but the players are the ones who have a vital role in the team. For me it would have been a dream to score at the Stadio San Paolo, but probably my quality as a football player was not as good.”
He said what? Week 8 ends with Eusebio Di Francesco's sharp words on Sassuolo’s star Domenico Berardi.
“He has great quality skills, but he also need to play with the right mentality.”
