Roma coach Paulo Fonseca blasted the media after their Europa League win against Ajax.
Fonseca was still bristling over midweek reports of a bust-up with the players.
He snapped: “I have to do my work, I cannot control criticism. What disappoints me is when there are lies and there have been a lot of them.
“I am not Italian, so I don't understand why Roma, who are the only team representing Italy in Europe this week, should be surrounded by all these incredible lies. At this moment, we all ought to be encouraging and helping the Italian team.
“This week there was all sorts of chaos created with this incredible lie, the idea that the players confronted me and we had some meeting before training. It's all a lie, it's not right.
“I cannot control any of that, I can only control my work and that is what I'm doing."
