De Roon: “It would be nice to play with 11 the whole game in Madrid”

The dutch Marten de roon, midfielder of Atalanta, he assured this Monday that “it would be nice to play with eleven the whole match” of the second leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid, when referring to the expulsion for a direct red card seen by the Swiss Remo Freuler in the first leg.

“To begin with, it would be nice to play with eleven the whole game in Madrid,” said De Roon, asked what Atalanta will need to overcome the 0-1 first leg against Zinedine Zidane's team in Valdebebas on March 16. The Dutch midfielder spoke on television “Sky Sport” after the 0-1 setback suffered this Monday in the field of the leader Inter Milan in Serie A.

“It will be difficult, but like today we must attack, play with confidence. I think that Madrid will defend themselves less than Inter, because they don't have a forward like (the Belgian Romelu) Lukaku, who holds the ball up, but we must play as we know and we must score two goals, “said De Roon. Atalanta protested a lot in the first leg for the direct red to Freuler, sent off for knocking down the French Ferland Mendy at 18 minutes when this The first leg ended 1-0 with a goal from Mendy himself in the 86th minute from outside the area.