Di Francesco takes credit rating for Roma’s swish opt

Eusebio Di Francesco believes he deserves the credit rating for Roma’s shock Champions League opt against Barcelona as he’s in most cases blamed when his facet lose.

The Giallorossi confronted an uphill job heading into the 2d leg on the Stadio Olimpico after shedding four-1 in Catalonia, but the Serie A side improved with a 3-0 opt after dreams from Edin Dzeko, Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas.

Di Francesco opted for a commerce of formation – deploying a 3-four-2-1 – and he believes this was as soon as key to picking up a outcome, with Radja Nainggolan and Champions League debutant Patrik Schick ably supporting Dzeko.

« I take dangle of the blame for defeats and some ungrateful phrases on social media, so I could presumably presumably well as neatly take dangle of the credit rating for a opt, » he told Mediaset Top class.

« The fact is that I made this quite quite a lot of to scheme more width, enable more counter-attacks and produce bustle, but what in actual fact changed was as soon as the philosophy of the facet and we now comprise to proceed cherish this now.

« Despite the fact that we now comprise had very fair performances in Serie A, we are handiest now reaping the rewards – the fair rewards – for the onerous work we now comprise performed. »

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And Di Francesco echoed the tips of his captain De Rossi in calling for Roma to withhold believing and aim to reach the final of Europe’s premier membership competition.

« Perceive that we must serene think we can reach the final – why wouldn’t we think? » he said. « We comprise reach this a long way and no person anticipated us to create it, so we must serene push on and aim for something more, raising the bar every time.

« I catch no longer prefer an aspect that rests on its laurels or thinks it would now not subject how the recreation goes. I received’t stand for that. We comprise to target more and realise we can continually create better. »