AS Roma’s Vincenzo Montella maintains his cool over striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mirko-Vucinic-c26024 - Coppa Italia News
AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603’s coach, Vincenzo Montella, has denied claims that he is unsatisfied with his striker, Mirko Vucinic, after the Roman side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of reigning Serie
A champions Inter Milan. The two teams met each other in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final, played on Tuesday, 19 April at the Stadio Olimpico.
Montella defended his striker saying that currently the 27-year-old is under some pressure after not being able to put up a good show in the recent few matches. He ensured that there is
certainly no reason for him to be unhappy with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montenegro-c2959 international and hoped that Vucinic would soon find his lost touch.
The caretaker manager stressed that the striker needs to be encouraged at the moment as he is short on confidence and not be blamed. Montella also added that many top footballers have
squandered chances in past, but still they are remembered so there is no need to blame Vucinic for Roma’s defeat to Inter.
Even though the manager seemed disappointed at this home defeat, but mentioned, “When things like that happen and you miss really easy goals, it’s difficult to say anything. Mirko [Vucinic]
did some good things and other less good things, but it’s obvious he is under stress during this time.”
Manager has urged his team to put this result behind them and look forward at the upcoming matches in the Serie A and off-course the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final. Further
commenting upon his team’s performance, Montella told, "As for the team performance, people only tend to judge the result, whereas the difference can be made in a single incident.”
Vucinic came under heavy clouds after squandering an easy opportunity in the opening moments of their semi-final against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567. He also missed a relatively easy chance in Roma’s Serie
A fixture against Palermo played at the weekend. Roma lost by a 3-2 margin. The match could have ended in a tie had Vucinic grabbed his chance with both hands.
AS Roma will now travel to San Siro to take on Inter Milan in the semi-final’s second leg of their Coppa Italia campaign.
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