Roma coach De Rossi happy with victory over Genoa

AS Roma coach Daniele de Rossi was happy with victory over Genoa.

The 1-0 win - via Romelu Lukaku's goal - guarantees Roma a sixth place finish.

We tried to play a little tighter, a bit more density in midfield, as we conceded too many counter-attacks last time, but had so many shots from the edge of the box that were off target," De Rossi told DAZN.

It was tense. Genoa are a good team, they played like it was the most important match of the season and I really like that, it means we are changing in Italy.

My lads showed they have a gigantic heart, because it was not easy to take the lead after going down to 10 men with a moment of magic from a champion."

On next season, De Rossi said: I will do everything I can to make this team better, but every year a coach sits down with the President and directors to discuss how to improve. There are budgets and parameters to respect, as do all clubs now, but we haven't talked about what we will do yet.

We'll try to build a Roma that can finish higher up the table. I always said Roma are a team who ought to compete for the top four. It's not guaranteed, of course, as Inter, Milan and Juventus are superior, but we have Lazio, Napoli and Fiorentina behind us, all strong teams.

The top four is where Roma were for many years and I don't believe there are this many teams clearly stronger than us. We just need to be more consistent."