Quarter-finals or bust for Roma coach di Francesco

Di Francesco himself admitted it was not good enough and was especially angry at Lazio's first goal, scored from a move which began with a throw-in.

"You can't concede a goal through the middle from a throw-in - it was all too easy for them. We got our marking wrong," he said."We really must work on the mental side of things. We seem to be on and off." The 49-year-old led Roma to third place in Serie A and the Champions League semi-finals last season - his first at the club - and was rewarded with a new two-year contract.

Roma have been beaten by Bologna, SPAL and Udinese - all teams in the lower half of the table - and also managed to blow a two-goal lead at home to bottom-of-the-table Chievo, when they were held 2-2. Then, in the space of four days in January, they squandered a three-goal lead at Atalanta to be held 3-3 before their seven-goal mauling by Fiorentina.

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