Roma defender Douglas Maicon believes the Giallorossi have improved this season, while Juventus have not.
The Lupi are one point behind the Bianconeri at the top of Serie A, and can go top this weekend, at least temporarily, if they beat city rivals Lazio in the Rome derby.
Roma defender Douglas Maicon believes the Giallorossi have improved this season, while Juventus have not.
The Lupi are one point behind the Bianconeri at the top of Serie A, and can go top this weekend, at least temporarily, if they beat city rivals Lazio in the Rome derby.
Heading into that Sunday afternoon test, the Brazilian international believes Roma are stronger this season.
“We’ve brought more quality into the squad, we’ve grown,” Maicon reflected in an interview with Roma TV.
“Our way of playing has also grown, but the the motivation and will to win are the same. We must always work for Roma.
“As for Juventus, there’s not much difference, they’re having a similar season to last term but this year I think they’ve dropped points in games which last year they didn’t and that can be an important point in our favour.
“We’ve been one point behind several times, we have to do our job and pick up points, we can only think about ourselves.
“We’ll do our best to collect points, then we’ll see what happens."
The former Inter also looked ahead to the Derby della Capitale, calling on the Giallorossi fans to help the team to victory.
“We’re working hard to prepare for this match, we know how much this means, it’s an important match for the players too.
“The fans have to fill the stadium and give us a lot of help, because when the fans are behind us the team does more.
“We want to do well in this special game.
“We’ll go out onto the pitch to give our best, we hope the fans give their best too.”