The coach was slapped with a two-match ban for an alleged altercation with a steward in their victory over Genoa, meaning he will not be present for the club's clash with AC Milan on Saturday.
However, Giallorossi forward Gervinho does not think the absence of their coach will affect last season's Serie A runners up and backed the capital club to push on with their title challenge ahead of the winter break.
"We are focused on Milan," the Cote d'Ivoire international told Sky Sport. "What happened to Garcia will not affect us because we want to get back into the Champions League and win the Scudetto.
"Garcia's focused on the team and on the task at hand, we have to think about winning games.
"In the dressing room we are aware of our strength, but it is not fair to make comparisons with other teams such as Juventus, Napoli and AC Milan - each team have their own qualities."
Garcia himself remains furious about the ban and warned that the club will only strengthen when faced with adversity, while insisting that Filippo Inzaghi's men pose a tough test this weekend.
"There was an individual that I still don't know in person, apparently a steward," the French coach said. "Apparently I hit him on the knee with a bat then shot him in the foot - other than that, nothing.
"Listen to me closely - the more they bother us, the harder we will fight. The more difficult it gets, the harder we will fight. Chapter closed.
"We know that Milan are a good team. It's the last game of the year for us and we'll do everything we can to put three points under the Christmas tree.
"Whoever we have before us, it changes nothing. We must play our own game, we proved in Genoa that we can play some quality football, even though we must improve our efficiency in front of the goal.
"The team is doing well psychologically and physically, and under these conditions we'll be able to give it our all. We want to close the year with the beauty of a victory."
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