Francesco Totti has been heralded as a genius after his goalscoring heroics saved
Roma from derby day defeat to Lazio on Sunday.
The Giallorossi went 2-0 down in the opening 30 minutes through goals from
Stefano Mauri and Felipe Anderson, but the veteran Italian forward turned the tie
around with two strikes in the second half.
The striker even took a celebratory selfie after equalising for Roma with an
acrobatic finish and his coach revealed that the 38-year-old had correctly predicted
he would have a major impact on the derby match.
"Totti is a genius and he showed it," Garcia told Sky Sport. "He said beforehand
that this was his game and he was right."
The French trainer, who guided Roma to second in Serie A last season, was
pleased with the way his players fought back after a poor first-half performance
and is keeping his fingers crossed that Napoli do his team a favour by beating
Juventus later on Sunday.
"When you draw 2-2, it's better to be 2-0 down and fight back than the other way
round. The lads played a great second half and reacted so well," Garcia added.
"Lazio didn't have that many chances in the first half and mostly they were gifted
to them by us. We need to improve on that, as we knew that with the pace of
Antonio Candreva and Felipe Anderson we couldn't afford to lose the ball cheaply.
"Now we are top on level terms with Juventus, though our objective was to be top
on our own. Tonight there is fourth against first and we obviously would prefer a
Napoli victory."
Roma are on 40 points after 18 Serie A matches - level with Juventus prior to
Massimiliano Alleg
Monday, 12 January 2015
Roma 2-2 Lazio
1/12/2015 05:37:00 am
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