At 02:45 Beijing time (CEST) on September 6, Roma will host Atalanta in the third round of Serie A. On the evening of the match, Roma head coach Gasperini attended a press conference. This article is the fifth part of the press conference.

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Coach, I'd like to ask about Matías Soulé's current physical and mental condition. As everyone knows, over the past few months he suffered from a debilitating pubic symphysis injury and went through a difficult and complicated rehabilitation period. Fortunately, a few days ago he finally broke his goal drought in a match. So from your observations, how is he performing in training? How do you evaluate his current mindset? Also, regarding your earlier statement about "not relying too heavily on the free agent market," does that apply only to the left winger position everyone's discussing, or have we completely closed the door on signing free agent wingers, with no plans to bring in new faces?

Regarding Soulé, first of all, his previous injury—the pubic symphysis problem—is now completely behind us. He's completed the intense preseason training and summer friendlies very well and systematically, and he's fully restored his physical indicators to optimal condition with explosive power and excellent health. He feels very good right now, and his outstanding performance in the previous league confirmed this very well. So both his physical and mental condition are excellent, and everyone can be at ease.

Regarding the transfer market, I think I've already clearly stated my position. Of course, we monitor various developments every day, and any future changes will be evaluated scientifically based on the team's specific needs. However, in principle and generally speaking, I don't have high hopes or expectations about finding emergency players in the current free agent market. That said, we don't rule out the possibility that some very cost-effective, attractive, and unexpected market opportunities could arise in the coming days. If they do, we'll certainly take advantage of them. But at this stage, we'll mainly rely on and fully trust the strength of our existing squad.

Good afternoon, Coach. You've previously stated frankly in an interview that your long coaching career at Atalanta faced certain risks of mediocrity, mental stagnation, and plateau in the latter stages, and that taking the Roma job reignited new and exciting coaching objectives and life achievements for you. So I'm very curious: during this remarkable coaching experience at Roma, have there been profound things that have subtly reshaped or changed you as a head coach? For instance, your coaching philosophy, mindset, or in-game tactical approach?

Undoubtedly, this experience at Roma has enriched and expanded my coaching career at every level. And in coaching, you're always learning new things and enriching yourself, and I've come into an environment that's completely different from the past—truly magnificent and full of unlimited possibilities.

You know, before this, I spent nine long years at Atalanta. Those were nine years filled with countless glorious honors, tremendous satisfaction, and a perfect time for deep integration and close bonds with the club's management, the locker room, Atalanta fans, and the entire city of Bergamo. To be frank, at that time, making the decision to give all that up and leave was an extremely difficult action that required great courage.

But to this day, I'm still very pleased and happy that I made that brave decision. Because I was very certain that at that particular historical moment, we no longer had the objective external conditions in Bergamo to break through the stagnation and achieve greater accomplishments than the heights we'd already reached.

Of course, personally I will always have the highest gratitude and sincere respect for Atalanta and the city of Bergamo, but as a professional coach, deep down I still yearned to step out of my comfort zone, to face challenges again, and to experience that sense of passionate challenge that makes my blood boil and makes me "feel alive again." And throughout the football world, the magical city of Roma and its fan base are undoubtedly the highest peak in this regard.

The tremendous energy that surges here can give you the highest level of motivation, constantly pushing and inspiring you to never stop—you must give everything here to conquer every opponent. Moreover, the Roma I took over at that time was also a team with a rich heritage, but still with great potential for improvement and refinement in tactical details and overall configuration. Therefore, it has enormous prospects that allow me to lead the team to achieve greater and more inspiring accomplishments than before, and this is the stage I've always dreamed of in my coaching career.

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