Ferrara: “We are going to Rome to win”

Juventus is preparing to play the difficult away match in Rome with three points and Felipe Melo. The Brazilian recovered from the muscular strain and is available for Ferrara who is happy to be able to count on him: «Felipe is coming from a period in which he played a lot and we have tried to make him re-gain his optimal condition. From a character point of views he has had no difficulty with fitting into the environment since he is very open and available. Obviously, – reports Juventus’s official website – since we are at the beginning he must still integrate perfectly into our way of playing but he is an important point of reference in that position. You accuse him of having lost some important balls in delicate zones during the pre-season. It is true but he is an intelligent lad and he understood that at certain moments it is better not to risk».

The match against Roma will see the bianconeri face a team in excellent health notwithstanding the defeat suffered during the first match day: «Roma are ahead of us when it comes to preparation. I believe that before 4 or 5 championship matches are played one cannot see the optimum condition and this goes for all the teams. Against Roma it will be a nice match, in an important stadium, against a team that perhaps conceded a few goals but also scored many. We have maximum respect for Roma and for Spalletti. It is a historical rival, which in the last years expressed great game play. It is certainly not the best of things to play against them in the second match day but when the fixtures where announced I immediately declared: It will be difficult for us but I think even Roma would have liked to avoid Juventus at the start. It is clear that it is a delicate away match against a great team. It would be very important to go there and try to win, not so much for the table, but because a victory would be a reasonable push for us. We are conscious of the strength of our team but it is the field that must give us answers and if tomorrow they had to be positive it would important for our self-esteem».

Roma-Juventus is also a duel between Totti and Del Piero, the last two standard bearers of Italian football: «Totti and Del Piero are two symbols and it is nice that there are this type of champions who are attached to one jersey for the whole of their career. I think it is a positive message to youngsters, a good advert».