Bruno Peres reveals he has changed his Roma attitude and Kostas Manolas has a special reception ready for Liverpool star Mohamed Salah.
The Giallorossi earned a 3-0 victory away to SPAL today, giving extra confidence going into Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final with Liverpool.
Bruno Peres reveals he has changed his Roma attitude and Kostas Manolas has a special reception ready for Liverpool star Mohamed Salah.
The Giallorossi earned a 3-0 victory away to SPAL today, giving extra confidence going into Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final with Liverpool.
“We said at half-time that we needed to keep the concentration levels up, because if SPAL got even one goal, it’d give them confidence. We allowed them nothing,” the Brazilian told Mediaset Premium.
“Now we’ve got to believe we can do it against Liverpool and remember we’re not here by some fluke. We need humility, focus, everything we’ve shown to get this far.
“We watched many Liverpool home games to prepare and it’ll be tough, just as it was with Barcelona. We need a good result from the first leg.”
Former Roma star Salah is now at Anfield and will be the danger man when the old teammates meet up.
“Kostas Manolas talks to him regularly. We warned Salah not to try anything, or he’s getting beaten up!” joked Peres.
“In fact, Kostas won’t talk to him for a while, so if he needs to give him a kicking, he won’t feel bad about it! Afterwards, they can be friends again!
“We know how well he’s doing at the moment at Liverpool, that he’s a player who can do something different, but Roma deserve to be in the semi-final.”
Peres also spoke to reporters in the mixed zone and made a remarkable confession.
“I have certainly changed my mentality. I realised that if I continued the way I was before, I couldn’t be a protagonist or achieve anything.
“The Coach spoke to me, so did my mother, my father and two or three people close to me and they all advised me to change. I listened and that was important, because now my work is coming out on the field.”