AS Roma have to turn the tables around after suffering a shocking 3-2 defeat in the hands of Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Last 16 tie.
That result means that a one-goal margin victory won’t be enough for Roma if they fail to hit the Ukrainians with more than 3 goals. However, with Montella now at the head of the Lupi’s coaching staff following Claudio Ranieri’s resignation, AS Roma director Paolo Montali is expecting his side to bounce back and thus qualify for the UEFA Champions League’s quarter-finals.
“We are going to Ukraine, but not as favourites like it could have been. We need to put in a great performance. We have to be focused and we have to play the perfect game,” Montali told Italian magazine Il Corriere dello Sport.
“We need to apply ourselves and it will be important for us not to lack concentration. We must get the result in the Champions League as that’s what matters.”
As ESPN Soccernet reported a few hours before kick-off on Tuesday night, AS Roma coach Vincenzo Montella assured Paolo Montali over the team’s fate in Europe. The manager, who had to watch the Giallorossi’s 3-2 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk on TV as Claudio Ranieri was in charge of them, explained:
“They [Shakhtar] are a quality team who haven't lost for 60 games. But, they are beatable. I want to see the same Roma side who faced Lecce, a team who were concentrated right up until the final whistle.
“I'm optimistic, because Roma are clearly growing and because we have a better squad than our opponents. But we are aware that we have a feat to achieve.
“It's important that my players have the right stimulus. They have a certain style of play, but we have our characteristics too.”
“We are going to Ukraine, but not as favourites like it could have been. We need to put in a great performance. We have to be focused and we have to play the perfect game,” Montali told Italian magazine Il Corriere dello Sport.
“We need to apply ourselves and it will be important for us not to lack concentration. We must get the result in the Champions League as that’s what matters.”
As ESPN Soccernet reported a few hours before kick-off on Tuesday night, AS Roma coach Vincenzo Montella assured Paolo Montali over the team’s fate in Europe. The manager, who had to watch the Giallorossi’s 3-2 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk on TV as Claudio Ranieri was in charge of them, explained:
“They [Shakhtar] are a quality team who haven't lost for 60 games. But, they are beatable. I want to see the same Roma side who faced Lecce, a team who were concentrated right up until the final whistle.
“I'm optimistic, because Roma are clearly growing and because we have a better squad than our opponents. But we are aware that we have a feat to achieve.
“It's important that my players have the right stimulus. They have a certain style of play, but we have our characteristics too.”
