Roma midfielder Houssem Aouar appeared at the Europa League pre-match press conference with his coach José Mourinho. AS Roma host Sheriff Tiraspol on Matchday 6 of the Europa League. "I'm ready for tomorrow. I hope to play because I haven't played much in the last few games. I know I have to do better to help the team and I hope I can. We always want to win because when we play for Roma, that's the objective. We know it will be difficult to finish first, but it's not impossible. Tomorrow, we'll go out with a winning mentality and hope to be first at the end of the game," said the Algerian ahead of the match on Thursday.
Asked about his difficult start, he explained: "It's the first time I've been away from Lyon.
I know I have to learn. It's difficult for me now, I had two bad games in Prague and Geneva. I'm aware of that. With humility, I know I have to prove to the coach that I can do more. I'm confident about tomorrow."Aouar spoke about his relationship with Mourinho."The coach is a real person. I talk to him a lot and I've already said that the coach helps me a lot to learn to play with the team, to play different soccer. I like the coach's winning mentality. I'm happy and proud to play for him and I also know that it's hard for me not to have played a lot, but I hope that now I'll be able to play great games for him, the team and the fans."
The Lyon-trained player also gave his views on the differences between the Italian and French leagues."I think Italian soccer is stronger than French, but I still have to learn to play here because it's different.
Here it's more tactical and technical, whereas French has more intensity and is more physical. I hope that in the future I'll become a good player of Italian soccer."
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