Belotti: ‘Last season was not easy for me’

Andrea Belotti admits final season was ‘not simple’ for him, however explains what modified as he scored one other Roma brace within the Europa League in opposition to Servette.

Romelu Lukaku had opened the scoring with a deflected effort earlier than half-time, earlier than Belotti’s double and a Lorenzo Pellegrini volley sealed the 4-0 scoreline.

“Within the second half we got here on with the perspective of eager to get the sport over with and inside 11 minutes we did that,” Belotti advised Sky Sport Italia.

“We allowed Servette an excessive amount of of the ball within the first half and that ought to not occur. We’re Roma, we can’t afford slip-ups and we’ve to win these video games.”

This was the second consecutive victory for Roma within the Europa League, the place in addition they reached the Closing final season, so is there a unique mentality in comparison with Serie A?

“Europe is a crucial competitors, however so is Serie A. I don’t suppose we give extra in Europe, however we do want to search out the proper stability, as a result of it’s a packed fixture listing and we should deal with each match and opponent precisely the identical approach. If we are able to preserve the identical strategy, then we are able to develop.”

Belotti failed to search out the web a single time in his debut Serie A season with the Giallorossi, however he can’t appear to cease discovering the web this time round.

This night’s brace within the 4-0 victory over Servette took him to 4 objectives and two assists in eight aggressive matches.

“Final season was not simple for me, I by no means reached prime kind all through the entire yr, I had some accidents that slowed my progress and affected my performances.

“I labored actually laborious in pre-season and knew the outcomes would come, so now I need to proceed like this.”

Roma and Slavia Prague are prime of the Europa League group on six factors from two video games, leaving Servette and Cukaricki all-time low with zero.

It now turns into a battle to win the group, which can permit whoever goes by way of to keep away from the play-offs in February.

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