Roma defender Chris Smalling admits defeat to Bayer Leverkusen was disappointing.

Roma were beaten at home 2-0 in the first-leg of their Europa League semifinal last night.

Smalling said: “I think the two teams created the same number of chances, on another day we probably would have scored one or two goals. We were unlucky in crucial moments of the match, we were playing against a strong team and another important match awaits us on Sunday. From the next day we will think about Leverkusen, but tonight we are very saddened.

“Tonight we are disappointed, but from tomorrow we have to concentrate on the match against Juventus because we need points in the championship, so we don’t have too much time to regret it.

“We will think about it tonight, but from tomorrow we will be focused on Juventus. Afterwards we will think about how to make the first goal against Leverkusen. We have already experienced situations like this, we have already played in the semi-finals and a final, I think the experience will help us.”