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| Spalletti: It'll go all the way |
Sunday 8 February, 2009 |
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Luciano Spalletti warns it will be a fight to the death for that fourth Champions League spot, but has good news for Cicinho.
With this afternoon's 3-0 triumph, Roma caught Genoa and saw Fiorentina leapfrog both into fourth place.
“I must compliment my squad for having put a very strong Genoa side under the cosh. We'll meet them again - and Fiorentina - right to the very end of the season.
“It is a solid result against a great Genoa, who play excellent football and showed in these 90 minutes too that they deserve to be ambitious.
“The difference today was in our quality, but in terms of work ethic and intensity, Genoa were extraordinary.”
Cicinho opened the scoring and was then stretchered off with suspected ligament damage, as his leg seemed to just give way, but tests have been reassuring.
“Unfortunately he just landed badly. We did some tests straight away and thankfully it is nothing serious. In fact, we are thinking of fielding him next Sunday.”
The victory was achieved without Christian Panucci, who remains frozen out of the squad after leaving Spalletti out of his public apology.
“There is a place where we will meet and talk it over,” revealed the tactician. “I am ready to discuss anything.”
Panucci had refused to sit on the bench against Napoli last month and demanded a January transfer, but moves to Torino and Hull City fell through.
The veteran defender has been left out of the Champions League squad.
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