Rudi Garcia Vows to Continue Attacking as Roma Take on Napoli
Roma will look to attack Napoli as they look to finish the Serie A campaign on a high, says coach Rudi Garcia. FOLLOW LIVE
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Rudi Garcia wants Roma to end the season on a high by playing attacking football in their remaining 10 games, starting against Napoli on Saturday.
After a strong first half of the season, Roma have tailed away in 2015 - allowing Juventus open up a 14-point lead and let other sides close in on second place.
Fierce rivals Lazio are their nearest competition – they trail them by one point – while Napoli are only six points adrift in fifth.
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"We can always do more," said the Frenchman.
"The fact that we’ve had so many draws in the first three months of 2015 and are still second shows what a good first half of the season we had, but we’ll discuss that at the end of the season.
"There's no use talking about last year, it's not the same team. The Roma of 2014-15 has had some great achievements which we can look back on.
"Even though we're fully focused on this race, the season doesn't end here. We have to try and take the maximum from the 30 points which are still left to play for.
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"We're second in the table, so we're happy. We have 10 matches to try to qualify for the Champions League, and three points tomorrow would help us.
"We want to cause Napoli's defence problems. They've conceded a number of goals. We'll play our own game.
"We want to offer up some enjoyable football at the Olimpico tomorrow."
Garcia is unlikely to risk Francesco Totti against Rafael Benitez's side, but Federico Balzaretti will feature as a substitute after missing the whole season with a pelvic problem.
- Roma failed to score in the last two meetings against Napoli, after scoring four goals in the previous two clashes.
- The Giallorossi have netted two goals in each of the last three home league games against Napoli.
- Napoli have won only one of the last 12 Serie A meetings versus Roma at the Olimpico, losing seven times in the process.
- Only two of the last six Roma goals have been netted by a striker.
- Roma’s win over Cesena was the first one after going five games winless in Serie A (4D, 1L).
- On the other hand, Napoli have won none of their last four league games, they have never gone five Serie A matches winless under Rafa Benitez.
- Napoli have scored a league-high 29 second half goals in this Serie A campaign.
- Sassuolo and Napoli have scored the most league goals (12) with their forwards from the start of 2015.
- Napoli’s strikers have netted a league-high 32 goals this season, more than any other team have managed with theirs.
- Duván Zapata has bagged a goal every 85 mins so far, the best ratio among players on 2+ goals scored this season.
- Seydou Doumbia has averaged 15.2 touches per games since he joined Roma, fewer than any other teammate on 4+ games played in the league this season.
