'Im No Maradona', Raps Cicinho
Cicinho has hit back at those he feels harbour fantastical expectations of him.
Roma’s summer signing from Real Madrid has not set anyone’s pulses racing with a somewhat slow yet steady start in his new surroundings.
But the Brazilian right-back revealed he was feeling under pressure to perform to un-wielding standards, and responded with an outburst that was as comical as it was spectacular,
“There are expectations of me that are hard to meet as I am no Diego Maradona or Kaka,” he explained.
“My role is to assist like Christian Panucci, Marcos Cafu and Marco Cassetti rather than to score goals myself.”
Although his manager recently labelled his performances as merely “normal”, a conclusion some thought as a disguised damning verdict of the right-back, Cicinho insists he retains the boss’s backing,
“I have nothing to complain about.
"I’m still getting used to the Italian game and the boss has always praised my performances.
“Spalletti has worked a lot with me and we have spoken alone at the end of training.
“I don’t want to cause controversy as I am happy and I know I have to improve by working hard.
“Things have been more positive than negative, even though we haven’t quite managed to find consistency.”
Cicinho may be handed a big chance to impress when the capital club take on Milan this weekend.
“It will be a very tough game, but we are focused and just wearing the Roma shirt pushes you on to give your all.”
The Giallorossi have made legends of past Seleco players such as defenders Aldair and Cafu, and with much expected by the fans from their new recruit, it seems Cicinho is finding it hard to cope with it all at the moment.
“有一些期许是我很难达到的，毕竟，我不是马拉多纳 或者卡卡。
“我的角色是像帕努奇，卡福，卡塞蒂一样传出好球，而不是自己去得分。”
对于教练对他的些许失望，球员表示不会解释太多，只会用球场上的表现去证明自己。
“我仍然在适应意大利的生活，要知道，斯帕来蒂先生经常表扬我的表现。他在我身上下足了功夫，训练后他总是单独对我进行指点。”
“我不想引起争论，我很开心在这里的日子，我明白我需要把自己的努力工作在场上有所体现。即使在困难的时候，我们仍团结一致从不退缩。”
周末的比赛西西尼奥很可能迎来自己的下一次机会，谈到比赛时，他表示：
“周末的比赛会很艰难，但我们会集中精力全力以赴，身穿罗马红杉会让你毫无保留的付出所有。”
在前辈卡福和阿尔戴尔的光环笼罩下，西西尼奥在压力下需要证明很多。
同时，同位置的卡塞蒂也谈到了自己的队友。
“He is an important player, as he wouldn’t have that CV if he didn’t have quality. Perhaps he is finding a few difficulties, as is normal for a foreigner in his first Serie A season.
“I think he just needs a little more time, but his quality should not be put in doubt.”
“他是重要的球员，他不会拥有这样的辉煌资历如果他只是个凡夫俗子。或许他只是遇到些一年级新生都会碰到的小麻烦。我想他需要更多的时间，但他的实力毋庸置疑。”
周末的比赛卡帅谈到了吉拉迪诺。
“Now that Alberto Gilardino has started scoring again, Milan have become an even greater squad,” said the former Lecce star.
“It is no coincidence they won the Champions League, but we have always done well against them and last season won here 2-1, so we hope to repeat that result.”
“吉拉开始得分了，这不是个好消息。米兰会更强大。冠军杯的胜利不是巧合，然而面对米兰我们有良好的发挥，我希望能够复制上赛季在这里取得的胜利。
感觉卡帅和西西鸟虽然存在位置竞争关系 但两个人个人关系很不错 总是在采访中看到两人恭维对方
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