by Roma captain Lorenzo Pellegrini spoke to the club after Gallorossi’s 2-1 win over Udinese.
Pellegrini was back on the scoresheet for Roma, leveling the game with a penalty in the second half, before giving away the second penalty to Artem Dovbyk who ended up scoring the decisive goal of the night.
“The team was motivated today, at the end of the first half we left the locker room early because we wanted to go out on the field to win the game and I think that showed.”
“It’s important to have this type of mentality consistently,” he continued. “Today, even at the end of the first half, I was not afraid of the final result. I had this perception of the group, of the team, I knew that everything would be fine. Sure, you can be lucky or unlucky, but you know that sooner or later things will turn out well. Today it went like that and we have to work to maintain this mentality always, in all matches, at home and away. »
“I had to take the penalties, but I wanted to leave the second to Artem because he had taken the ball and I saw that he was very motivated, he wanted to take it and score.”
“He worked hard for the team and that’s very important for us, fundamental, so I think it’s a small gesture to make him feel that we are satisfied with all the work he does for us and to make him thank him by letting him score, Also because I was sure he would, I could see it in his face. »
