Mancini: “Playing every 3 days is a blessing.” | OneFootball

Roma defender Gianluca Mancini spoke to the media following his goal in Roma’s 1-2 win over Nice earlier tonight.

“My attacking mindset? Let’s say I’ve always had it, but it depends on the coaches; the manager works hard on this.”

“Maybe at the beginning it was done a little less, but tonight we had studied it like this, we knew that the attacker was struggling to take my insertion, 2-3 times a game is possible and it went well. The important thing was to win on a difficult pitch and start well in Europe.”

“It doesn’t start with us defenders; a good defensive phase is achieved by the whole team. In some situations, we were lucky, I have to be honest.”

“I think we made some small improvements in attack tonight. It’s something new, but it’s the small details that make the difference up front, and I’m sure that little by little we’ll progress and be able to score more goals.”

“Our ambitions? Last year, the Bilbao incident ruined our plans.”

“This team has players who have played in a Europa League final, but there’s no point thinking too far ahead. We have to take it game by game, and by playing so close together, there’s room for improvement. We have a tough group, and what happens remains to be seen. We have to stay united and try to improve in the details.”