Wojciech Szczesny declares Roma “are not here to challenge for second”, and promises to give Juventus “a very hard run”.
The Giallorossi have consistently finished in the top three in recent seasons, but have been unable to stop the Old Lady from taking five Scudetti in a row.
The Turin giants are four points clear at the top so far this term, but the Polish goalkeeper believes second-place Roma can close the gap.
“We are not here to challenge for second spot,” Szczesny declared in an interview with Roma TV.
Wojciech Szczesny declares Roma “are not here to challenge for second”, and promises to give Juventus “a very hard run”.
The Giallorossi have consistently finished in the top three in recent seasons, but have been unable to stop the Old Lady from taking five Scudetti in a row.
The Turin giants are four points clear at the top so far this term, but the Polish goalkeeper believes second-place Roma can close the gap.
“We are not here to challenge for second spot,” Szczesny declared in an interview with Roma TV.
“We want to go out and win the competition, whether that’s Serie A or the Europa League. So we are still very much focused on winning the Scudetto.
“We believe we can do it: we believe that Juventus are obviously the favourites but we won’t give up and we’ll give them a very hard run.
“I think any period… if you can put a good run of wins together, it does not matter if it is against Juventus or Milan or Lazio, every three points is just as important.
“So we realise it is an important period for us, before the winter break, if we can be at the top or near the top of the table it would be a good position for us to push on from January.
“So we realise how important it is – it’s all in our hands really.”
The Lupi are also looking to top their group in the Europa League…
“We all know that we did not want to be in the position to play in the Europa League this season but we did not qualify for the Champions League, so now it is our responsibility to go as far as we can and try and challenge for the trophy.
“We’ve done reasonably well so far in the competition, so if we can keep going strong and keep getting the wins then it would be a nice competition for the club to be in.”