On Saturday afternoon, the Paulo Fonseca-led Roma team faced Sassuolo, leading twice in the match before eventually settling for a draw. Afterwards, the coach spoke to Sky Sport to discuss some of the positives from the result: "From a strategic point of view we had a good match. It was an open game, with chances for both sides. After a shaky start we found balance and we went into the lead. I didn't expect to allow the goal to Sassuolo at the end, but we have to give credit to them too in the manner they were able to equalize. I think we played a good match with the right attitude."
The fight for the Champions League remains on, for now we will think about the Europa League match. We will see how Smalling is during the week, he is recovering well and I expect to have him against Ajax. For today I chose the best team for this match, I wasn't considering the Europa League. It will be a very tough match against Ajax, they are a very strong team."
