JAKARTA - AS Roma won with a narrow score of 1-0 when they traveled to Vitesse headquarters in the first leg of the Conference League last 16, Friday, March 11, early morning Indonesian Western Time (WIB). The only goal in the match which took place at the Gelredome Stadium, Arnhem, Netherlands, was scored by Sergio Oliviera using a pass from Nicolo Zaniolo in extra time in the first half.
This 1-0 victory could be a good capital for Roma to face the second leg, next week. At that time, I Gialorossi will host Vitesse at the Stadio Olimpico.
Despite winning, Roma coach, Jose Mourinho, was not so happy. In fact, according to him, the Italian capital club should not have scored in the first half.
"We have no right to half-time with a 1-0 advantage. We did nothing to score goals, we have a problem," Mourinho said as quoted by Football Italia.
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The coach's dissatisfaction with the performance of his team in the first half was seen from the substitutions. Mourinho made three substitutions at once in the middle of the half.
"When you don't have a creative midfielder, you have to try a different dynamic. Veretout and Sergio didn't control the midfield well today," he said.
In the first half, Vitesse did appear better. They first threatened AS Roma's goal in the 7th minute. However, the ball from Lois Openda's kick could still be driven away by Rui Patricio.
Several times the Roma goalkeeper from Portugal had to scramble to save his goal from the threat of the host. Opportunities Openda, Adrian Grbic and a number of raw Vitesse players in his hands.
In the second half, Roma performed better. But unfortunately, they had to play with 10 men after Oliviera got a second yellow card in the 78th minute. Luckily, the score 1-0 for the visitors did not change until the game was over.
"We were better in the second half. We defended very well, it was a difficult game," said Mourinho.
This victory extends the record ciamik Roma. In the last three matches in all competitions, Roma have always won 1-0.
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