Daniele De Rossi explains the reasons for AS Roma's success since replacing coach Mourinho

AS Roma's latest and most resounding victory since coach Mourinho left was the 4-0 victory over Brighton in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 on March 8, thereby quickly entering the quarter-finals.

Daniele De Rossi lý giải nguyên nhân giúp AS Roma thành công từ khi thay HLV Mourinho- Ảnh 1. — Coach Daniele De Rossi helps AS Roma thrive

Daniele De Rossi lý giải nguyên nhân giúp AS Roma thành công từ khi thay HLV Mourinho- Ảnh 2. — Mourinho put AS Roma under pressure before being sacked

In the 10 matches since replacing coach Mourinho, former Rome star Daniele De Rossi has helped his team score 26 goals and concede only 11. Stars Dybala and Lukaku continue to be AS Roma's top scorers, contributing the most goals, with a total of 14 and 18 goals respectively.

AS Roma under Daniele De Rossi lost only one match against Inter Milan (2-4), and won the remaining 6 matches in Serie A to climb to 5th place, 4 points behind the top 4 team Bologna. In the Europa League, they overcame Feyenoord in the play-off round after 2 draws with the same score of 1-1, but won 4-2 on penalties. And in the round of 16, they just won 4-0 against Brighton at home at the Olimpico, which continued to be packed with spectators despite the departure of coach Mourinho.

"My players were almost perfect. I won't say perfect because nothing is perfect and they would have stopped working, not tried to improve. But they finished the game in a great way, great for the effort they put in, because I don't know how much Dybala and Lukaku are used to running without the ball," coach Daniele De Rossi expressed.

"We prepared well by respecting our opponents. Teams like Brighton always know what to do, especially when they have the ball. So we decided to play aggressively against these opponents, instead of waiting for them to get the ball to the goal line and not giving them time to think," Daniele De Rossi emphasized.

Daniele De Rossi lý giải nguyên nhân giúp AS Roma thành công từ khi thay HLV Mourinho- Ảnh 3. — AS Roma have completely changed under Daniele De Rossi

This was a completely different approach under Mourinho, when AS Roma always played cautiously and waited for the opponent to make a mistake to score. Daniele De Rossi came and changed this perception, he encouraged his team to play aggressively to gain an advantage. This view has been successful so far as AS Roma is on a streak of good results.

"I saw Dybala doing tackles to the left, right and in the middle. If you don't have that attitude in matches like this, you might fall behind. We have changed and achieved very good results. But we still need to continue to improve," coach Daniele De Rossi shared in an interview on Sky Sport. Thereby, it is almost implicitly determined that AS Roma is now different from the time of coach Mourinho and has completely changed.

Also in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16, championship candidates such as Liverpool, Marseille, AC Milan all had big wins against Sparta Prague 5-1, Villarreal 4-0 and Slavia Prague 4-2 respectively. However, Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2 with Qarabag (Azerbaijan).

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