Overview
- Daniele De Rossi, now coaching Genoa, will face Roma for the first time as an opponent in Monday’s match.
- He says he always wanted Roma to win but now must work to make them lose, calling the feeling “contronatura.”
- He argues his sacking from Roma came too soon and that he and his staff did not deserve it.
- He describes early trust and wide footballing freedom from the Friedkin ownership before relations later deteriorated.
- He acknowledges tensions with directors at SPAL and with Roma’s CEO but says they were not “clamorous,” and he adds that he declined some roles as others also passed on him.