Fabregas after Como-Roma: “Inzaghi’s Inter is the best, I studied his style of play”

At the microphones of Dazn at the end of Como-Roma, Fabregas analyzed the 0-0 draw against the Giallorossi, starting from the regret over the management of the numerical superiority. “Sometimes football cannot be explained,” said the coach. “We are two offensive teams that attack with a lot of players and a 0-0 is not normal. The sending off changed the match, I agree with Gasperini, it was a beautiful game, two teams that respected each other but both wanted to win.”

Fabregas then highlighted the quality of the performance in the first sixty minutes, calling it the best against Roma since he has been in charge of the club. “I asked the boys to play with personality; if you do the tactics first and then don’t have the courage to play, it’s no good. In the first 60 minutes, 11 vs 11, it was the best match against Roma that we’ve played since I’ve been here, defensively but not only that.” The regret concerns the phase after the sending off: “We didn’t manage the extra man well, we should have been more patient.”

Among the positives, the coach mentioned the performance of Caqueret and the defensive solidity in transition. “Caqueret played very well today, I had a feeling he would. You have to give space to these players. The positive thing is that we didn’t get caught on the counterattack, that’s the most dangerous thing.”

Fabregas then revealed a specific tactical reference in his own growth as a coach. “The best team, Inzaghi’s Inter, is the one that hurt Gasperini the most with the way they played, it was necessary to analyze how that team managed to do damage, then I started to learn and try again.” On Como tonight, the judgment was positive: “In recent years Roma has been very strong physically, they come to press you, I really liked Como today.”