Rome, Feb 13 (IANS) Napoli reached the Coppa Italia final after beating 10-man AS Roma 3-0 in the second leg of their semi-final.
Rafa Benitez’s side, who lost to Roma 2-3 in the first leg, turned the table around Wednesday thanks to goals from Jose Callejon, Gonzalo Higuain and January signing Jorginho, reports Xinhua.
Roma head coach Rudi Garcia admitted his side made mistakes in both legs.
“Perhaps we lost the qualification in the first leg, as we conceded two goals when we were 2-0 up,” Garcia told the post-match press conference.
He felt sad to see his players squander chances before the break.
“This evening we had three chances to score in the first half and didn’t make the most of them. We should’ve been more ruthless in attack and also in defence, as we made mistakes in both legs,” he said.
His Napoli counterpart Benitez praised his side as “almost perfect”.
“It wasn’t the perfect performance, but it was almost perfect,” Benitez said at the post-match press conference.
“Everyone worked in the defensive phase and then we were able to score three great goals,” he said.