Daniele De Rossi, Roma’s coach, revealed his pride in his team after defeating AC Milan 2-1 in the second leg of the Europa League on Thursday night.
“Wolves” held the advantage from winning the first game 1-0. In this game, the team took the lead with two goals from Gianluca Mancini in the 12th minute and Paulo Dybala in the 22nd minute. After that, in the 31st minute, they had to be down to 10 men. When Zeki Celik received a red card and was sent off the field. But the score was held until the 85th minute when Matteo Gabbia scored a knock for the visitors. In the end, there were no more goals, causing the team to win with a total score of 3-1.
Even though they had to play with 10 players for more than an hour, they fought extremely well. De Rossi was proud of his team’s performance in this game.
“To beat Milan, we have to play perfectly. We have to have a strong heart,” De Rossi told Promotion ufabet Sport Italia.
“When we are down to 10 players, we have to play with maximum intensity. But it requires intelligence and tactical knowledge. Just using your strength to run is not enough.”
“I’m really proud. To be the coach of a team like this It is not easy because Milan are a very strong team and play good football.”
“We saw yesterday [Wednesday] that even Real Madrid dropped back to defend. We have to do that as well when the situation is like that.”