{"id":620224,"date":"2025-12-08T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620224\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:36:18","slug":"what-gian-piero-gasperini-had-to-say-as-as-roma-lose-again-ahead-of-celtic-clash-in-europa-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620224\/","title":{"rendered":"What Gian Piero Gasperini had to say as AS Roma lose again ahead of Celtic clash in Europa League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If Wilfried Nancy thought his start at Celtic was difficult on Sunday, well, it\u2019s going to test him even further on Thursday night in the Europa League. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s Brendan Rodgers, Martin O\u2019Neill, or Celtic\u2019s<\/a> new manager in charge. This Europa League showdown against AS Roma was always going to be tough.<\/p>\n

The Italian giants have already been in Glasgow this season because at the start of November, Roma beat Rangers at Ibrox<\/a>, thanks to goals from rising star Mat\u00edas Soul\u00e9 and Lorenzo Pellegrini.<\/p>\n

The only plus Celtic can take from all of this is that Gian Piero Gasperini\u2019s side have hit a bump in the road in recent weeks. <\/p>\n

\"ASPhoto by Enrico Locci\/Getty ImagesAS Roma lose to Cagliari ahead of Europa League clash against Celtic<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t so long ago that Roma was sitting at the top of Serie A<\/a>, unbeaten, and making a flying start under their new coach. <\/p>\n

But after losing their first league match of the season last month to champions Napoli, that theme continued, this time to Cagliari on Sunday.<\/p>\n

As Celtic were losing to Hearts<\/a>, their Thursday opponents were facing the same fate on the road, with Mehmet Zeki Celik getting sent off just before the hour mark. <\/p>\n

It now means that Roma have lost back-to-back league matches for the first time in 2025, and they have also failed to score in those two games for the first time since 2024. <\/p>\n

How do you think Celtic will fare against Roma? <\/p>\n

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What has Gian Piero Gasperini said<\/p>\n

Usually, managers always like to have a moan after a game, especially when they lose, and big decisions go against their side. <\/p>\n

But not Gasperini, who didn\u2019t argue with Celik\u2019s costly sending off, or any call during their defeat to Cagliari.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this fires up Roma even further ahead of their trip to Celtic, but this is what Gasperini had to say after his side\u2019s loss to Cagliari. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll the decisions seemed pretty clear to me,\u201d Gasperini told Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>. \u201cUnlike\u00a0last week against Napoli, we have no complaints about the referee.<\/p>\n

\u201cDown to ten men, the game became more difficult, even if, for a while, we managed not to allow much danger. It was tough to create in those situations; it became more of a battle than a football match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe certainly made a few obvious errors, both on the red card and the goal, so it becomes difficult to get a result when that happens. Cagliari had a lot of long balls, like many teams at this stage of the season in the lower levels of the table, they are throwing everything onto the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could\u2019ve done better on a technical level. In the second half, we had what it took to step up a gear, but the red card changed those plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a certain point, there was very little football; it was a battle. We were unable to get the game back on track down to 10 men, but when matches go in that direction, the best you can do is take home a point, and we nearly did it. Perhaps we just didn\u2019t manage to adapt to the situation and made some cheap errors.\u201d<\/p>\n

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