Rome, 22 December 2024 - Head Coach Fabio Pecchia shared his thoughts at the end of the match against Roma, on matchday 17 of the Serie A Enilive 2024/25 season.

“In a match where you lose 5-0, there's not a lot that you can say about what was missing. The weirdest thing is that, in a 5-0 loss, the Roma keeper was one of the standout performers... In the first half, we tried to score and we stayed in the game. In the second half we lost our balance and the match ended there. It was definitely a match in which we were way below our usual standards and usual way of playing. Considering the injuries that we have in some parts of the pitch, we didn't do enough against a Roma side who are in great form. When you come up against teams with important qualities, you've got to have the strength to cause them problems. After a tough day like this, we have to pick ourselves up and go into the next week with confidence. Hernani and Valeri tried from distance? I liked it, it's a way that we have to try and use to score goals. Why have we conceded so many early goals? There's honestly not much that could've been done about the penalty... Defensive phase? There's not too much to work on in the defensive phase, Valeri was barely ready, in fact, in the second half he asked to be taken off. I'm sorry for Enrico Delprato, losing him is a big blow because he plays in a position where we're missing a lot of players. We're to our bare bones in defence. How come we have so many injuries in defence? When a unit is forced to play without many rotations, you're naturally exposed to these risks. On 28 December Monza come to the Tardini? Now we need to recover our mental energy, I'm annoyed that we have lost more players. We will have to approach the end of the season with even more emergency, but the matches will be played. We have a clear path ahead of us, the objective is to stay in the league. As for the players I don't have, I don't have them. There's not much to discuss. We have to approach the matches with those who are available.'