Falcone: ‘No secret to saving Lukaku penalty’

Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone is happy he grew to become the primary ever Serie A participant to maintain out a Romelu Lukaku penalty and obtain reward from Jose Mourinho.

It was a merely outstanding recreation of soccer on the Stadio Olimpico this night, as Lukaku did not convert a penalty for the primary time in 15 Serie A makes an attempt when Falcone parried within the opening minutes.

Pontus Almqvist put Lecce in entrance on the counter-attack, however the Giallorossi turned it round with two dramatic targets in stoppage time from Sardar Azmoun and Lukaku.

After the sport, Mourinho took trip to reward Falcone for his efficiency and the sequence of saves made each time the goalkeeper faces the workforce he grew up supporting.

“It’s definitely satisfying to listen to that from Mourinho,” Falcone instructed DAZN.

“Nevertheless, we really feel remorse and particularly for our followers, as a result of shedding like that’s painful. Sadly, we allowed Roma to harm us. We must always’ve simply made the ball disappear and allow them to nowhere close to it. We have been naïve and confirmed a few of our inexperience.”

Lukaku had till immediately transformed all 14 of his Serie A penalties and had not been denied in common competitors since August 2017 within the Premier League for Manchester United.

“There are not any secrets and techniques to saving a penalty. The coaches ship us movies to check earlier than the video games, however then what occurs on the pitch is totally different. I simply felt sure he would open up the end with the within of the boot. At the very least I’m happy with this small document of being the primary to avoid wasting a Lukaku penalty in Italy.”

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