Romelu Lukaku insisted that “friendlies don’t really exist” for AS Roma during his post-match interview following the Giallorossi’s 2-1 victory over Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night.The Italian side took the opportunity for a warm-weather thrip to Riyadh during a nine-day break between two Serie A matches. Joao Costa put Roma ahead nine minutes into the second half, before a former Atletico Madrid man Yannick Carrasco equalised. Lukaku restored the Giallorossi’s lead six minutes from time.🇧🇪🔥 Former Atleti player Yannick Carrasco scores a great freekick for Al-Shabab against Romapic.twitter.com/Vnjj54Flfa— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) January 24, 2024 🤝⚽️ | Romelu Lukaku (goal) vs Al-Shabab (friendly)pic.twitter.com/KSEyEonZMU— Belgian Players 🇧🇪 (@BelgianPlayers) January 24, 2024 Speaking after full-time, Lukaku explained that the team go out to win every game they take part in.”It was important to win today. Friendlies don’t really exist for us, we want to win every game. Even in training we want to win,” Belgium’s all-time leading goalscorer said on Wednesday.”Today was a good test to see where we’re at, and when we get back to Trigoria tomorrow, we have to prepare for a difficult match on Monday.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7822181##Lukaku also revealed how the first few days of working under De Rossi have gone. The former Roma captain took charge of the club he represented for 18 years after the sacking of Jose Mourinho on January 16.”Really good,” Lukaku said when asked how life has been under De Rossi. He continued: “We’ve all got a responsibility to push Roma further up the table and get as far as possible in the Europa League. That’s our objective and we’re working hard for it every day.”
