Rudi Garcia said Roma’s 3-0 victory over Torino was “our usual football” and welcomed back Kevin Strootman.

“I have always been relaxed. I said yesterday that I have faith in this Roma and my lads,” the Coach told Sky Sport Italia.

“We won playing our usual football with possession, enthusiasm and movement. We were in better shape physically and scored some great goals.

Rudi Garcia said Roma’s 3-0 victory over Torino was “our usual football” and welcomed back Kevin Strootman.

“I have always been relaxed. I said yesterday that I have faith in this Roma and my lads,” the Coach told Sky Sport Italia.

“We won playing our usual football with possession, enthusiasm and movement. We were in better shape physically and scored some great goals.

“I said it’s not just one or two games that change everything. We’ve been working on this project for 16 months and it is to build something long-term.”

Francesco Totti was visibly annoyed when he was substituted in the second half.

“He’s my best player and I don’t want him to get injured. In my view it was right to ensure he’s rested. He would be suspended against Atalanta” data-scaytid=”4″>Atalanta anyway, but the fact we have him for the six big games in a row is great news for us. I explained that to him in the locker room and it was fine.

“We have 15 days out now and hope we can have some players back from the treatment room. I knew I had to make changes against Bayern, as they tend to have 70 per cent possession in every game.

“This squad has intelligent players who can adapt to various tactics even without that much time to prepare. We could’ve done better defensively in Munich, but we know that we can change system when needed.

“We ran a risk in the first leg and we paid for it. In any case, I want to point out that Roma are still in the running for every target this season.”

Strootman made his comeback eight months after a serious knee ligament injury ruled him out of the World Cup.

“Kevin became a player again tonight, that was the most important thing. He’s not 100 per cent, but the fact he’s here at all gives us joy. He got to play about 10 minutes and enjoyed them.”

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