Luis Enrique defends his team selection in the Europa League defeat against Slovan Bratislava
A.S Roma manager, Luis Enrique, has defended his squad selection in the 1-0 UEFA Europa League defeat at the hands of Slovan Bratislava on August 18, 2011.
Enrique’s Roma career got off to a poor start as his team suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Slovakian minnows. Marian Had scored the winner 10 minutes from time to give his side an important lead in the tie. The Giallorossi
will have all to play for in the second leg of the clash at the Stadio Olimpico Rome if they are to progress further in this year’s competition.
The manager’s decision to field a young team backfired badly as he benched http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-De-Rossi-c10112 was also missing for the visitors.
The 41-year-old has no regrets about the team he chose for the game and claims that it was the best 11 according to him. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 B manager is still ruing the missed chances and believes that his team commanded the
game throughout the first-half and created so many chances to take the lead. Enrique is devastated with the result and has insisted that his team must pick themselves from the defeat.
“I chose the 11 players who I considered to be the best for this game. I have no regrets about the decisions that I made. In the first half we created numerous chances and they never got close to our goal, but we weren’t cool enough
to finish off the opportunities.”
”We were convinced that we could win at half-time, but we can’t think about this now. When you fall you have to pick yourself up. The result is a disaster, but I saw a good http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 against a side who sat back. We didn’t manage to
win at Bratislava, let’s hope we do so next Thursday. The return leg is now a little more complicated and we’ll need the support of our fans.”
The second leg of the tie will be played at the Stadio Olimpico Rome on August 25th, 2011.
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