Roma's Franco Baldini and Walter Sabatini back head coach Luis Enrique

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2011 by YAHOO Sport

Roma general manager Franco Baldini and sporting director Walter Sabatini have expressed their faith in coach Luis Enrique's ability to turn around the club's fortunes.

"Luis Enrique is responding 100 percent to our expectations and those of our players," Sabatini said at a book launch on Monday.

"We are going through a transitional phase, but we have not lost a game without having been able to win. We understand that people are losing patience, but Luis Enrique is not the bearer of our problems."

The capital outfit succumbed to a fourth defeat in nine league matches following their 3-2 reverse to AC Milan last Saturday, leading to questions being asked of the former Barcelona B man's credentials to spearhead new owner Thomas DiBenedetto's project at the Stadio Olimpico.

However, both Baldini and Sabatini have offered Luis Enrique their unequivocal backing, despite a section of disgruntled Roma supporters threatening to get on the side's back if an improvement is not shown in their next two Serie A fixtures.

Baldini told Radio Rai: "It is an ambitious project and, despite the lack of results, we will continue to support Luis Enrique."