Spalletti: lucky West Ham

  • by Matthew O'Greel
  • Saturday, 4th August 2007

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has claimed that his side were unlucky to lose this afternoon's pre-season friendly at the Boleyn.

Spalletti - who saw his side go down 2-1 despite having taken a first-half lead through Ludovic Guily - insisted that the result was far from a true reflection of the game.

The result was not important but we [still] dominated three quarters of the game,” moaned Spalletti.

"Clearly someone who didn’t see the 90 minutes will look at the scoreline and remember the two incidents that allowed West Ham to win."

And on the numerous scuffles and incidents which broke out throughout a niggly game, he added:

"I was glad to see the right aggressive approach from my men. The fact we are smacking into a strong opponent that doesn’t back down helps players to find that attitude during training and matches."

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