Roma's 'real Edin Dzeko'

By Football Italia staff

Roma's Edin Dzeko says that the free scoring striker he has become this season is more representative of the 'real' him.

The Bosnia and Herzogovina international has bagged eight goals so far this term, taking him to the top of the Serie A scoring charts.

"It's amazing that last season I scored eight goals in total, and now I have eight goals in nine games. This is the real Edin Dzeko. We must continue like this.

"Yes I think that in my career I have scored a lot of goals, but also made an assist as yesterday with Momo [Mohamed Salah] and [Stephan] El Shaarawy who had not scored already. I can do this, but my job is to score goals.

"The coach wants me to do more, and I also want to do more: to play better, and score. We have only played nine games. The coach wants the team to play balls behind me and now we always do this. This is Italian football, I am doing well, but last season was different and that’s why I didn’t score many goals.

Edin has played in the Bundesliga and in the Premier League. But is Italian football the most difficult?

"Yes it is the most difficult for attackers, there are always two or three defenders with you. I did not know how to play against teams the first year, but I know it now and I think it shows on the pitch.

"I feel good now everything is OK in Rome, but let's see what happens if I don’t score (laughs). Last year was difficult, but it is the past and I want to think about the future. We're second and we have to continue like this because we are strong.

"I do not think too much about the future, I think game by game. Now there is a very important game against a team [Sassuolo] that plays good football and it is not easy.

"As I said before, we are strong and we have to play like we did against Napoli. If you win 3-1 against a strong team like Napoli then you must not lose points against teams weaker than you.”

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