Roma returned to winning ways in the Europa League with a 2-1 victory over Midtjylland, thanks to a superb volley from El Aynaoui and a strike from El Shaarawy. <\/p>\n
The three points, their first at home in the competition, continued their success over Rangers, but coach Gian Piero Gasperini made no secret of his dissatisfaction with the performance after the match. <\/p>\n
\u201cA win that significantly improves our standings, achieved against an excellent team,\u201d Gasperini began to Sky Sport, but immediately added a critical note: \u201cWe didn\u2019t play a great game. We took an early lead and I thought we could have done better technically. It\u2019s also true that we play a lot\u2026 we moved the ball slowly and made a lot of mistakes.\u201d <\/p>\n
The coach nevertheless praised the team\u2019s spirit: \u201cI expected more in our build-up play, but the team held firm. We need to do much better for Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tactical choices, which included the use of a false nine, were dictated by contingency: \u201cAlso a little out of necessity,\u201d Gasperini admitted. Evan Ferguson, in fact, was chosen for the match due to his ankle problems, which he\u2019s \u201cbattled.\u201d <\/p>\n
The most comforting news concerns Paulo Dybala\u2019s recovery: \u201cYes. He\u2019s recovered, he has no problems,\u201d Gasperini assured, specifying that the Argentine \u201ccould have continued until the 90th minute; he\u2019s a recovered player.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, his position on the pitch is still being evaluated: \u201cHe had a bit of difficulty as a central striker. Let\u2019s see if he can still play that role or play a bit more out wide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Giallorossi coach then praised the performances of the young players and clarified the midfield hierarchy. <\/p>\n
El Aynaoui, who scored the first goal, is now a sure thing: \u201cHe\u2019s already a starter. I\u2019ll alternate with Cristante and Kon\u00e9.\u201d <\/p>\n
Daniele Ghilardi also had a positive debut as a starter: \u201cHe put in a good performance, excellent athletic condition. He was very motivated, but he struggled a lot with the limited playing time. Tonight he played very well, he can improve a lot technically, but well.\u201d <\/p>\n
The only sour note was in the midfield: \u201cKon\u00e9 suffered a nasty challenge on his ankle, a small sprain. We\u2019ll see in the next few days, but he\u2019s not beyond recovery.\u201d <\/p>\n
Regarding the drop in intensity after the first twenty minutes, Gasperini blamed the lack of quality rather than running: \u201cYes, when you don\u2019t play particularly well, you have to win the ball back and spend more time. We needed to get the attackers to play better, and the attackers needed to move better.\u201d <\/p>\n
The coach finally reiterated the imperative ahead of the league clash: \u201cWe need to do much better for Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roma returned to winning ways in the Europa League with a 2-1 victory over Midtjylland, thanks to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-318091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}