Mattia Destro reveals he “had been thinking about a goal like that for a long time” after scoring from 36 metres in Roma–Verona.
The striker chested down a Morgan De Sanctis goal kick, let it bounce and unleashed a screamer from 40 yards in tonight’s 2-0 victory.
Mattia Destro reveals he “had been thinking about a goal like that for a long time” after scoring from 36 metres in Roma-Verona.
The striker chested down a Morgan De Sanctis goal kick, let it bounce and unleashed a screamer from 40 yards in tonight’s 2-0 victory.
“I’d been thinking about a goal like this for a long time, because it often happens to see the goalkeeper off his line. I gave it a go,” he told Sky Sport Italia.
It was Destro’s 26th goal in just 56 appearances in a Roma jersey and a fine way to celebrate Francesco Totti’s 38th birthday.
“The important thing was to get the victory. It was a difficult game, as Verona clammed up and it was tough to find a goal. Florenzi did well to break the deadlock.”
The Giallorossi have a 100 per cent record after six games between Serie A and the Champions League this season.
They travel to England on Tuesday to face Manchester City, then take on Juventus” data-scaytid=”15″>Juventus next weekend.
“Both Manchester and Juve are important games, but we are just taking it one at a time and focusing on bringing home the points.”