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AS Roma will have a life-and-death match against Bodo / Glimt from Conference League. Jose Mourinho admitted his team relaxed and carefree ahead of the game.
Roma face Bodo/Glimt in the second leg of the Conference League quarter-finals at the Stadio Olimpico, Friday (15/4/2022). The Wolves trailing 1-2 in the first leg.
As a result, Roma must win by a two-goal margin if they want to qualify directly for the semifinals. It was clearly not easy, because of the bad record of Lorenzo Pellegrini cs against Bodo/Glimt.
AS Roma have never won in three meetings against Bodo / Glimt in the 2021/2022 Conference League. Roma lost twice at home to opponents, and drew once when appearing at the Stadio Olimpico.
Jose Mourinho as Roma coach spoke ahead of the meeting against Bodo/Glimt. The Special One believes his team will play better this time and qualify for the semifinals.
“I don’t see my players tensed. The first defeat is history for the club, but we had an exemplary behavior about it, we had a fair game. Usually, someone reacts negatively while we react with respect even though we lose,” Mourinho said. quoted from Football Italia.
“We played two games with them, there were no difficulties and what happened last Thursday was out of context. The game and the end of the game were normal, after 45 minutes everything was normal, there was only one bad episode but it doesn’t matter.”
AS Roma are yet to win against Bodo/Glimt. (Photo: Getty Images/Paolo Bruno)– |
“We want a semi-final like they did, I expect a great game with the advantage of playing in our own stadium, with our own fans who can make the difference.”
“We want to play football like we do in other games, even though we lost 1-6 to them. May the best team win, I believe we are the best,” Jose Mourinho disclose.
Head to Head AS Roma vs Bodo/Glimt
21/10/2021: Bodo/Glimt 6-1 AS Roma (Fase Grup Conference League)
05/11/2021: AS Roma 2-2 Bodo/Glimt (Fase Grup Conference League)
08/04/2022: Bodo/Glimt 2-1 AS Roma (Leg I Conference League Quarterfinals).
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