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&lt;p&gt;Roma can and must do better in possession. That was &lt;strong&gt;Rudi Garcia&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#39;s verdict after his side was beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in the Gamper Trophy.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;If we can&amp;#39;t get around their pressing by playing it first time then we&amp;#39;re obviously going to struggle,&#34; the boss said, ruing the counter-attacking opportunities squandered by the Giallorossi against the European champions.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;If you want to make inroads up front then you need to have the ball. Barcelona are more than just a team of wonderfully talented attackers; they defend magnificently too. We can learn from them and the way they press the opposition as a team the instant they lose possession. If we can&amp;#39;t get around their pressing by playing it first time – especially when we have players capable of doing that – then we&amp;#39;re obviously going to struggle. I can&amp;#39;t fault the guys&amp;#39; for effort though. We might have lost by a bigger scoreline but it could have been less as well. We knew it was going to be tough to get a result here but I was interested in how we held together as a team. I have no bones to pick with our defensive work tonight but our ball circulation could have been better, especially in the first half when we had a couple of chances to hit them on the break. We put together two good moves but there were other times when we played the wrong ball before the final pass.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&amp;#39;s your impression of Barcelona after playing against them?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;Barcelona are of course the best team in the world. They&amp;#39;ve just won the Champions League, the Liga and the Copa del Rey and they&amp;#39;re capable of doing it again, although it&amp;#39;s virtually impossible to improve on last year&amp;#39;s achievements. I saw something that surprised me tonight. I saw three forwards [Messi, Neymar, Suarez] all leave the pitch chatting together after the warm-up. That understanding is part of what makes the difference for Barca. We&amp;#39;ll see what happens if the Champions League pits us against them in a competitive match.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you think Roma stand on the international stage now? Are these defeats helpful or counter-productive?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;We came here aware of the fact that we were playing at the home of the best team in the world but it was important not to let our guard down and keep battling away in spite of the difficulties. My players responded well mentally and we&amp;#39;ll have no problem getting over a defeat like this. We knew we didn&amp;#39;t stand much of a chance but you also know that anything can happen in football, although perhaps not in this period - we&amp;#39;re still in the preparation stage of the season and everything is harder. We haven&amp;#39;t reached 100% yet but we want to be there for when our league campaign gets underway. You don&amp;#39;t need to be ready before then.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you explain the reasoning behind your team selection?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;You might not have noticed but those who played 60 minutes against Sporting played 30 minutes today and vice versa.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Roma didn&amp;#39;t manage a single shot on target in the last two games. Will a center forward make a difference?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;It wouldn&amp;#39;t have made any difference if we&amp;#39;d been playing with another center forward today. To score goals you need chances and to create chances you need to move the ball around. Our plan was to play on the counter and we messed up the chances we had to do that in the first half an hour, then afterwards we struggled because of the incredible defensive work Barca put in. We&amp;#39;ve played against Sporting, Barcelona today and it will be Valencia on Saturday. We knew they would be tough away games but it&amp;#39;s what we need to be ready for our opening league match. We have to beat Verona and play to win wherever we go.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So is your current priority to work on improving the team&amp;#39;s ball circulation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&#34;We knew we needed to be aggressive defensively today and we worked on that but also on getting the ball forward quickly on the break and we should have done better there. We misplaced passes that players of the caliber we have here shouldn&amp;#39;t be misplacing. I&amp;#39;m not worried though. Little by little we&amp;#39;re edging towards 100%. We decided to plot a tough route through pre-season. After playing games as hard as this, everything else will seem easier.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Photo LaPresse)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.asroma.it/&#34;&gt;www.asroma.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Roma can and must do better in possession. That was Rudi Garcia&#39;s verdict after his side was beaten 3-0 by Barcelona in the Gamper Trophy.

"If we can&#39;t get around their pressing by playing it first time then we&#39;re obviously going to struggle," the boss said, ruing the counter-attacking opportunities squandered by the Giallorossi against the European champions.

"If you want to make inroads up front then you need to have the ball. Barcelona are more than just a team of wonderfully talented attackers; they defend magnificently too. We can learn from them and the way they press the opposition as a team the instant they lose possession. If we can&#39;t get around their pressing by playing it first time – especially when we have players capable of doing that – then we&#39;re obviously going to struggle. I can&#39;t fault the guys&#39; for effort though. We might have lost by a bigger scoreline but it could have been less as well. We knew it was going to be tough to get a result here but I was interested in how we held together as a team. I have no bones to pick with our defensive work tonight but our ball circulation could have been better, especially in the first half when we had a couple of chances to hit them on the break. We put together two good moves but there were other times when we played the wrong ball before the final pass."

What&#39;s your impression of Barcelona after playing against them?

"Barcelona are of course the best team in the world. They&#39;ve just won the Champions League, the Liga and the Copa del Rey and they&#39;re capable of doing it again, although it&#39;s virtually impossible to improve on last year&#39;s achievements. I saw something that surprised me tonight. I saw three forwards [Messi, Neymar, Suarez] all leave the pitch chatting together after the warm-up. That understanding is part of what makes the difference for Barca. We&#39;ll see what happens if the Champions League pits us against them in a competitive match."

How do you think Roma stand on the international stage now? Are these defeats helpful or counter-productive?

"We came here aware of the fact that we were playing at the home of the best team in the world but it was important not to let our guard down and keep battling away in spite of the difficulties. My players responded well mentally and we&#39;ll have no problem getting over a defeat like this. We knew we didn&#39;t stand much of a chance but you also know that anything can happen in football, although perhaps not in this period - we&#39;re still in the preparation stage of the season and everything is harder. We haven&#39;t reached 100% yet but we want to be there for when our league campaign gets underway. You don&#39;t need to be ready before then."

Can you explain the reasoning behind your team selection?

"You might not have noticed but those who played 60 minutes against Sporting played 30 minutes today and vice versa."

Roma didn&#39;t manage a single shot on target in the last two games. Will a center forward make a difference?

"It wouldn&#39;t have made any difference if we&#39;d been playing with another center forward today. To score goals you need chances and to create chances you need to move the ball around. Our plan was to play on the counter and we messed up the chances we had to do that in the first half an hour, then afterwards we struggled because of the incredible defensive work Barca put in. We&#39;ve played against Sporting, Barcelona today and it will be Valencia on Saturday. We knew they would be tough away games but it&#39;s what we need to be ready for our opening league match. We have to beat Verona and play to win wherever we go."

So is your current priority to work on improving the team&#39;s ball circulation?

"We knew we needed to be aggressive defensively today and we worked on that but also on getting the ball forward quickly on the break and we should have done better there. We misplaced passes that players of the caliber we have here shouldn&#39;t be misplacing. I&#39;m not worried though. Little by little we&#39;re edging towards 100%. We decided to plot a tough route through pre-season. After playing games as hard as this, everything else will seem easier."

 

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