Roma, Di Francesco: "This evening two opposite teams took the field, the decline after halftime was absurd"

It was a two-faced performance this evening for Roma against Shakhtar. It was a strong first half performance while things fell apart in the second half which led to a 2-1 defeat to the Ukrainians. After the match Eusebio Di Francesco spoke to Roma TV: "Yes, I saw two squads completely opposite of each other. One determined, the other fruitless. I struggle to understand how we didn't restart the second half with continuity from the first half. We took the wrong attitude in the second half. I don't think there was a lack of concentration, but our decline is inconceivable. I struggle to explain a match like this. Dzeko? With a 4-2-3-1 it is possible that the attackers play lower, but today he didn't play as a 9. My players have to give more in this type of match. Now we must find the solutions to this. What happened is absurd, we have become slow, predictable."