"Venice" head coach: I'd be a fool to say I don't like Shomurodov!

In the 24th round of Serie A, Roma will host Venezia, who are fighting to stay in the top division.

The capital club has recently made some progress. Under Claudio Ranieri, the Wolves have managed to collect 15 points from their last seven matches, with four wins and three draws. The number of goals scored has reached 34, which puts Roma in eighth place in the league. The number of goals conceded is 29, and the Romans are in tenth place in this indicator.

In total, Roma and Venezia have met 27 times in Serie A. Of these, the capital club won 14, the teams were tied seven times, and the Venezia players defeated a strong opponent six times.

Claudio Ranieri himself participated in six matches against Venezia as a coach. The result is not bad: three wins, two draws and one defeat. However, Venezia head coach Eusebio Di Francesco managed to defeat his colleague twice in the coaching duel. Ranieri, on the other hand, defeated Eusebio once.

However, Eusebio Di Francesco failed to win any of the 13 matches against Roma. Only three draws and 10 defeats.

The top scorer in the matches between Venezia and Roma is Eldor Shomurodov. It is noted that the Uzbek player scored in both matches against the Venetians in the 2021-2022 season. Goals from Brian Cristante and Nicolo Pizzilli in the first round of the current championship ensured the victory of the Romans.

Ahead of the next match, the head coach of “Venezia” Eusebio Di Francesco also touched on the fact that he wanted to sign Eldor Shomurodov during the winter transfer window.

- “Venezia” sports director Filippo Antonelli gives me detailed information about the transfer market, the situation in it, the changes that are happening, the work that is being done. I do not negotiate myself. I do not have the wallet.

The sports director tries to sign the right players for us. But the January transfer market is quite complicated. Signing a new player has never happened.

We were hoping for Eldor Shomurodov to come. The sports director told me about some transfer targets. I would be a fool to say that I do not like the candidate Shomurodov. But for some reason, things have changed in this direction. I want to say that the time has come for us to unite with our fans. "We wanted to add experienced players to our squad, but now we have to throw young talents into the fight," said Eusebio Di Francesco.

The match between "Venice" and "Roma" will start on February 9 at 16:30 Tashkent time. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”