“If you look at the result, it seems like a game dominated by Lyon. But the result is a lie, because up until the 75th minute we were there. In fact, we went ahead. We did very well, with great ball possession. We knew they were strong from set pieces and, out of four goals, three came from there. Then the match got difficult. However, it was a great performance from the whole team and we take it home: with this mentality, things can be done. great things”: thus makes his debut on the club’s official channels defender of Roma Femminile Elena Linariwho commented on the defeat of the Giallorossi at home to Lyon, during the match on the 4th day of the Group Phase of the Women’s Champions League.
Linari added: “When you score two goals in a row almost in the same way, from a corner, it’s normal. You know you’re facing a strong team, we were tired, we were no longer able to go up and take over the pitch like we had until a few minutes before. And at that point, it’s as if I don’t believe it anymore. Maybe, this is the thing that we missed and that we need to work on above all for the future. Because as we also demonstrated last year in the Champions League, like against Bayern. at the last minute we were behind in the result and we have recovered. We must always believe in it.”
Concluding note therefore on the championship match, against Sassuolo: “Already after the first leg match against Lyon, we were very happy with what we had done. Only the last passes were missing, which were there today, until the 75th minute. just improve. The construction has taken place and now we go to Sassuolo with the desire to take the three points and continue to fight to take first place.”