‘Roma red deserved, more of a battle than a football match’ in ugly 1-0 defeat

CAGLIARI, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Gian Piero Gasperini coach of Roma seems on in the course of the Serie A match between Cagliari Calcio and AS Roma at Stadio Sant’Elia on December 07, 2025 in Cagliari, Italy. (Photograph by Enrico Locci/Getty Pictures)

Gian Piero Gasperini admits the large refereeing selections have been right towards Roma, together with the crimson card, however ‘it grew to become extra of a battle than a soccer match’ with Cagliari.

The Giallorossi have been already smarting from final week’s 1-0 defeat to Napoli and struggled to create any actual scoring alternatives in Sardinia this afternoon, even earlier than Zeki Celik noticed crimson for bringing down Michael Folorunsho exterior the field.

Mile Svilar made a number of massive saves, however might do nothing when Gianluca Gaetano chested down the Sebastiano Esposito nook on the again submit and fired the half-volley from a decent angle.

Gasperini has no complaints about referee

“All the selections appeared fairly clear to me,” Gasperini informed DAZN Italia.

“Not like final week towards Napoli, we’ve got no complaints concerning the referee.”

Even earlier than the Celik dismissal, Roma actually struggled to create something, and maybe having Tommaso Baldanzi as a False 9 isn’t working.

“All the way down to 10 males, the sport grew to become tougher, even when for some time we managed to not enable a lot harmful. It was powerful to create in these conditions, it grew to become extra of a battle than a soccer match.

“We definitely made a number of apparent errors, each on the crimson card and the purpose, so it turns into troublesome to get a outcome when that occurs. Cagliari had numerous lengthy balls, like many groups at this stage of the season within the decrease ranges of the desk, they’re throwing the whole lot onto the pitch,” continued Gasperini.

“We might’ve carried out higher on a technical stage, within the second half we had what it took to step up a gear, however the crimson card modified these plans.”

This outcome means Roma could properly slide down the standings, seeing because the desk is so extremely tight.

They didn’t anticipate Cagliari to play with such depth, particularly contemplating the Sardinians have been concerned in a midweek Coppa Italia tie with Napoli, whereas Roma had a full week to relaxation and put together.

“At a sure level, there was little or no soccer, it was a battle. We have been unable to get the sport again on monitor right down to 10 males, however when matches go in that course, the most effective you are able to do is take residence a degree and we practically did it. Maybe we simply didn’t handle to adapt to the scenario and made some low cost errors,” concluded Gasperini.

Roma had not misplaced two in a row in Serie A in the course of the calendar yr 2025, and hadn’t failed to attain for 2 consecutive video games since December 2024.

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