Roma Coach Rudi Garcia praises Alessandro Florenzi and Daniele De Rossi's ability to cover multiple roles: 'They can do extremely well'.

The Lupi go into tomorrow's game against Frosinone without their playmaker Miralem Pjanic, but the Frenchman said he wasn't worried.

“I don't complain about those who aren't here,” said Garcia in his Press conference. “Those who can't play, can't play.

Roma Coach Rudi Garcia praises Alessandro Florenzi and Daniele De Rossi's ability to cover multiple roles: 'They can do extremely well'.

The Lupi go into tomorrow's game against Frosinone without their playmaker Miralem Pjanic, but the Frenchman said he wasn't worried.

“I don't complain about those who aren't here,” said Garcia in his Press conference. “Those who can't play, can't play.

“Either we replace him or we change our game. To replace Miralem there are some possibilities. We can keep [Edin] Dzeko or [Francesco] Totti or play them both.

“[Antonio] Rudiger is fine, as is everyone who has been called up. Not everyone is at 100 per cent, but they can all play from the start.

“Frosinone have the lowest salaries in Serie A? Players don't think about these things when they take to the pitch.

“Respect for the opponent's team when you take to the pitch should be a given. We're the favourites, but we must prove we deserve that.

“I am always happy about my squad. My job is to do well with the players that are available.

“If I feel that I'm short of something in some department I look for players who can cover multiple roles.

“Alessandro Florenzi is one such player and Daniele De Rossi proved to me against Juventus that he can play at high levels in the defence.

“The new players must be given time to adapt.

“We're always talking about the balance of the team, but the philosophy of our play always stays the same.

“On the pitch there are players with effective relationships, like Gervinho-Totti or Falque-Digne.

“These things have to be exploited by the Coach to power up the team.

“Whether to play with two strikers and an offensive midfielder, or three strikers all together, is one of the questions that I pondered over the week.

“[Douglas] Maicon and [Vasilis] Torosidis are both feeling fine.

“We decided to play Florenzi as a full-back because he showed that he can do extremely well.

“He's someone who always wants to keep learning, we practiced on the pitch and on video to improve his performance.

“In the last game he showed things that could turn out to be useful to us in the future.”

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