It's a bit different as a coach, you know that defeat tends to weigh on the coach more. We felt this incredible pressure, going back to the days when we were fighting for more prestigious objectives," De Rossi told DAZN.
The pressure is worse as a coach, because at least as a player I could run around and let some steam off, do something. On the touchline after a while I asked the fourth official if the clock had stopped, because it felt like time would never pass.
We lacked the second ball against Lecce because the coach had to do better. I watched this game and got angry, as evidently I did not put the same fire into these lads last week and that was an important match too.
We must always be like this, the attitude from start to finish was excellent. We had the spirit of the derby, but the way I see football, it should be not dissimilar to the spirit of Lecce-Roma."
On Tammy Abraham's return, he added: I think someone who comes on in the derby after a nine-month absence is extra fired up. Since the day I arrived, Tammy has been telling me 'I can't wait, I can't wait' so I let him off the leash and he was running all over the place. It will take a while to see the real Tammy again, though."