DBasia.news – AS Roma started the 2018-2019 Serie A with doubtful performance. Eusebio Di Francesco squad just achieved four points from one victory against Torino, draw against Atalanta, and defeated by AC Milan.
In the trend of negative performance and injury of some players, I Giallorossi have to play against Chievo Verona in Serie A on Sunday and Real Madrid in the first qualification match of Champions League next week.
Cengiz Under specifically highlighted the team meeting against Madrid as the defending winner of Champions League last season.
Roma’s journey in Champions League last season was amazing, especially during the quarter-final. During the first leg, they got 1-4 defeat by Barcelona in away match. But in the second home match, Cengiz and friends could turn the situation with the 3-0 victory. Unfortunately, their path stopped by Liverpool in the semifinal round.
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“Against Barcelona, we got a result which was unlikely after the first leg. It was an extraordinary thing that no-one expected. I think Real Madrid and everyone else will have more respect for us,” Cengiz said.
However, Cengiz asked his teammates to concentrate on achieving three points from Chievo. This match is no less important to revive the team confidence after the failure at the beginning of the season.
“In the meantime, we have Chievo on Sunday, we’re aiming to win that and then concentrate on Real Madrid. Once we overcome Chievo we can concentrate on Real Madrid as soon as possible,” the Turkey national team player uttered.
Cengiz was one of the players with a surprising performance last season in Roma squad. Came from mid-division from Turkey League team, Istanbul Basaksehir, the 21-year-old player has successfully presented 8 goals and 2 assists in almost 32 matches.