Roma coach Mourinho pleased with victory over Real Sociedad: We controlled the game without the ball

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10 Mar 2023 • 8:31 AM MYT
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Roma coach Jose Mourinho was pleased with their Europa League win against Real Sociedad.

Rom were impressive for the 2-0 round of 16 first-leg victory as Stephan El Shaarawy and Marash Kumbulla struck.

It was a strategic and tactical choice. It wasn't easy to choose because I only had a striker on the bench given that Ola Solbakken is not on the Europa League list," said the Giallorossi boss of El Shaarawy.

Against PSG, Bayern had Gnabry, Man and San on the bench, just one of them would be enough for me.

"Like this, I could have replaced Dybala and perhaps score one more goal."

He added: "Real Sociedad created us problems when they had the ball. You must have a great mentality when you don't have the ball. We controlled the match without having the ball and we scored the second goal, which could be important."