Roma's heavy defeat: the defender cannot forget his mistake and is suffering mentally

The most dramatic match of the current season for one of the largest clubs in Europe, Roma, took place against the Spanish team Athletic. The Romans, who won the first leg 2:1, found themselves in an unexpected situation in the return match.

The fate of the match was largely determined by the experienced defender of Roma, Mats Hummels. In the 8th minute of the match, the defender made a big mistake and gave the ball to the opponent. Hummels, who tried to quickly correct his mistake, was punished with a red card for a rough move against the opponent and was sent off. This completely ruined Roma's plans, and the team was forced to play almost the entire match with one man less.

A few minutes before the end of the first half, Roma conceded a crucial goal, which negatively affected the team's psychological state. In the second half, the team continued to fight, but could not achieve the desired result.

After the match, Eldor Shomurodov supported Mats Hummels in an interview with reporters:
- It's very difficult to play with ten men for eighty minutes. Athletic is a strong team. We gave everything, we tried with all our might. We regret the result. The fans have come this far.

This is football, and everyone makes mistakes. We fought until the end for Hummels, but we conceded a goal in the last minute of the first half. It was a psychological blow. We fought until the end, but unfortunately, it didn't work out.

Hummels apologized to everyone. This is football, we all make mistakes. We are with him.

We are like a family. We have to continue what we have done so far and fight until the end. There are still many games in the championship. We will see what the result will be in the end, - said Eldor Shomurodov.

According to Francesca Di Nora, a journalist for the website romaforever.it, which covers the activities of “Roma”, the German defender cannot forget his mistake and is suffering mentally. In an interview with journalists, Mats Hummels called this mistake the biggest mistake of his career and said that he learned a big lesson for himself.

- After that incident, I re-evaluated my values. I have no doubt that this is the biggest mistake I have ever made in my career. Throughout my career as a defender, I have made four serious mistakes, but none of them had such a negative impact on the team's results as in Bilbao.

"It was really hard for me. It's really hard to sit in the dressing room and hope that the team will go through, especially when you feel that every teammate has to work harder and harder because of you," said Mats Hummels.

This defeat remains Roma's only defeat of the season and the team will continue to prepare for the remaining matches in the championship with a serious spirit. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”