With the victory obtained last night against Qarabag, Rome completes a company that few, even among the most optimistic supporters of the Giallorossi, would have believed possible seen the group of iron in which the team of Di Francesco had been inserted. It certainly did not occupy the pole-position in the hypothetical starting grid Roma, forced to compete not only with the Azerbaijan beaten last night, especially with the English champions of Chelsea and the fearsome Atletico Madrid, which we remember, in the ranking UEFA for clubs takes second place, behind Real's fellow players and ahead of Barcelona.
Well, the Giallorossi subverting all the forecasts succeed in the enterprise of putting everyone behind and winning the group in front of Chelsea which in any case passes to the next round and Atletico which as third place leaves the most prestigious European competition but ends up in the Europa League. Great merit for Roma's success must certainly be attributed to Di Francesco who commented on Mediaset Premium's microphones as follows: "I am satisfied with the first place in the group, at the beginning everyone gave us for elimination but the boys have always shown great determination since from the first match with Atletico Madrid. That match of suffering was the beginning of this great journey in the group. The difference was between the first and second half. In the first half we were more blocked, we never recreated the advantage situations and we all wanted the ball on our feet. In the second half we did better then in the final we had a bit of a hand also because here in Rome they are not very used to qualifying and winning in the Champions League. My teams always have to look for the second goal, I don't like dribbling as an end in itself. The merits are of the group, I just tried to give my thoughts, I wanted to get inside their heads and I think I succeeded: but I am not satisfied, there is still a lot of work to do. I have always believed in this qualification, I have a positive and proactive mentality: I have always believed in my work ".
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