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Roma kept the pressure on in the race for a top four place as they won the most difficult of their three remaining games.
Goals from Alessandro Florenzi, who overcame a personal battle with Cristiano Ronaldo, and Edin Dzeko, back to his sharp shooting best, earned the Giallorossi a 2-0 win over Juventus, reducing the gap with Atalanta back to three points. Here's how all the key figures reacted to the match. Claudio Ranieri to Sky Sport Italia “We must continue believing that anything is possible. "It doesn’t depend on us and we know that perfectly well, but we must get to the end of the season with our conscience clear. “Having been in this position already, and as a local and a fan of this club, I’ve seen life, death and miracles of all sorts. My message is as follows: I’ve travelled around the world and I’ve always established a bond based on loyalty with my players. I demand the utmost from them and there’s mutual respect between us. We have a laugh and a joke, but when we walk out onto the pitch we have to give our all.” On Roma's improvements in defence: “It depends on a lot of things. I don’t want us to press too high up the pitch. We did that twice and Juventus cut us apart really well in two touches. When we protect our four defenders, they feel more secure and the opposition has less space. This is the result of the tactical discussions we have during the week. "It doesn’t mean that we don’t want to attack. At times today we were too frenetic and in the first half we messed up a few passes where we should have shown more calmness.” On whether he could become a club advisor after leaving: “When I was first contacted this was suggested, but I still enjoy coaching and I want to coach. I’m finished here at the end of the year.” Alessandro Florenzi on asroma.com “Now we don’t need to look at the league table any more – we just need to do everything we can in these last two games, just as we did tonight. “We need to give everything we have, trying to win both and then we will see where we are; whether that is the Champions League, the Europa League, or neither. “We know we have not had the season that we wanted to. There are a lot of reasons why we haven’t done as well as we are capable of, from bad luck to mistakes from everyone. “But we need to finish this season without regrets. We need to be able to look each other in the face after the final whistle against Parma knowing that we gave everything and then whatever will be, will be. “We stayed in the game, we knew that it was not going to be easy. “We played to win but equally we did not want to concede. The coach made the right choices, the scoreline shows that. “Cengiz Under’s introduction was vital, I am very happy with what he did – we’ve missed him a lot and this is the player we want to see.” Antonio Mirante on asroma.com “I believe that, aside from the saves and the decisions from the gaffer, we’ve changed a little in our approach to defence. "We’re less exposed and when we have the ball we’re almost always set up well. This restores confidence and then the results start to come in. "We’re working so hard to get fourth place. We know things are complicated but we have the duty to keep going until the end.” On whether he could be number one next year: “The truth is that when I came here at the start of the year I knew my role, but then things changed and obviously it’s great to be able to play. However, it’s not a question of thinking about what I’ll do next year, it’s a question of working hard: my attitude to my job always needs to be perfect. "Despite the fact I knew I’d been brought here as a back-up keeper, I always trained as if I were playing the following Sunday. From this point of view I’m lucky because I’ve got a goalkeeping coach who doesn’t let up and also I genuinely never had the attitude of coming here to Roma to put my feet up.” Steven Nzonzi to Il Romanista "We certainly still believe we can reach the Champions League, there are still two matches before the end and anything can happen. We must work hard and believe in it until the end. There are still six points up for grabs, we must take them and then we will see what happens. On his future: "I am happy at Roma, I'm perfectly at ease. Now it is important to concentrate on the end of the season, reaching our objectives. What matters now is the present." Edin Dzeko on Facebook "Big win, vital three points." Bryan Cristante on Twitter "This team never gives up. Daje Roma!"
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