Stephan El Shaarawy urges Roma to acknowledge their own shortcomings after a 2-2 draw with Bodo/Glimt. ‘It wasn’t enough and we needed more.’
The Giallorossi were not humiliated in the same way as their 6-1 defeat in Norway, but still had to come back twice from a goal down with El Shaarawy’s curler and the Roger Ibanez header at the back post.
“We played with the hunger to win, we went behind twice and got back on track, but should’ve been more incisive in front of goal,” El Shaarawy told Sky Sport Italia.
“We need more determination upfront to stop wasting all these chances and then ending up going behind. We wanted to make up for what happened in Norway, we played with grit, determination, but it wasn’t enough and we needed more.”
There were two clear penalties not awarded to Roma in the second half for handling offences, as there is no VAR in the Europa Conference League group phase.
Jose Mourinho focused on these errors from the officials, but El Shaarawy suggested Roma look at their own mistakes.
“I don’t think it helps right now if we cling to incidents. We need to put more quality and soul into the games to take them home. We did well to get back into it, but that’s not enough.
“I try to give my all in every game and that’s what we must all do, whether we start or come off the bench.”
Fair play to him, but this was the 1st 11 against a Serie B side ..
If Bodo would’ve turned up this would’ve been worst but ONLY Glimt showed up 😂
but enough attention .
Exactly 🙂
The fact tgat VAR would have awarded 2 clear penalty opportunites in Roma‘s favor shows that Tona WAS the better side.
Fair play to Bodo/Glimt. They also caused Milan a few problems last season so shouldn’t be underestimated.
Miss you SES. Would love if he was still at Milan. Amazing his injuries improved after he left!
Shaarawy should be recalled by Mancini, he could be a super sub in the Azzurri squad.
The last few games he continues to score goals,he can be a solution to the deadlock in Italy’s front line.
El shaw on a renaissance! However this Roma team suffers from the same issues Roma teams for the last decades have suffered..on paper they should win but it’s some sort of a mental issue. Theres no belief. I mean, they were pummeled and surely that has affected them. Its sad because outside of Atalanta, Roma was always that team you thought could something on any given night ala the Barcelona comeback gameLike Luciano said about them Uomini forti, destini forti, uomini deboli, destini deboli. Non c’è altra strada
@Dan, they didn’t win for 16 years anything, whilst the real team of Rome won the most after Juventus (4) plus one aggainst them in 2013 Lazio 1-0 Roma (Lulic).
Roma have 0 Champions on their team.