Italian international Stephan El Shaarawy is serving his second season at Roma. After working half a season with Paulo Fonseca, the 29-year-old winger had another Portuguese coach this season, in the person of José Mourinho.
A pleasant surprise, revealed to the official website of the Roman club.
“The news was unexpected, but I could see that the club has ambitious plans and is thinking seriously about it. Having a coach like him is highly challenging and helps you take that step forward. He is a brilliant motivator and gets along well with everyone in Trigoria [centro de treinos da Roma], not only with players. He’s the type of coach who likes to listen to you and knows how to get everyone motivated,” he explained.
About the bad phase that the team is going through, El Shaarawy was confident in the turn of events.
“We are confident. It’s true that we lost some important games, but we played well. We had bad luck, decisions that were not favorable to us, but we are also aware that we could have done more. We know. I already have some experience in the world of football and I know how these things work, a new coach doesn’t arrive and everyone gets his ideas straight away. We are improving. The club has ambitious plans for the future and we want to show that we are capable», he concluded.
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