We got the first half wrong - Garcia

Roma coach Rudi Garcia was left to lament first-half
errors in Tuesday's 3-2 Champions League defeat to
BATE.

Rudi Garcia claimed a lack of balance was the reason behind
Roma's 3-2 Champions League defeat to BATE, though he felt
his side's second-half comeback deserved a share of the spoils.

The Serie A side endured a miserable trip to Belarus, conceding
three first-half goals against a team who had never beaten
Italian opposition in their eight previous attempts.

Gervinho and substitute Vasilis Torosidis found the net after the
break to give Roma hope and they came close to getting back
on level terms when Alessandro Florenzi struck the bar.

However, the disappointing away defeat leaves Roma stuck at
the bottom of Group E with only a point to their name.

"Obviously we got the first half wrong," Garcia told Mediaset
Premium.

"Perhaps we lacked balance, seeing as we conceded all the
goals on the same flank.

"Football is made up of errors and we made more of them.
"At least in the second half we did everything possible to get
back into the game and deserved a point. We didn't deserve to
win obviously after that first half, but a draw would've been fair."

Garcia was particularly disappointed with the way his side "fell
apart" after Igor Stasevich broke the deadlock in the eighth
minute.

They allowed BATE's Filip Mladenovic to score twice, with the
left-back's first of the night seeing him catch Wojciech Szczesny
badly out of position in the Roma goal.

"It was possible to get points here, but we conceded on the first
counter-attack and the team then fell apart. We had to put
everything back on track in the second half," Garcia added.

"I don't think we took the wrong approach, because the opening
five minutes were good, as we created chances and pressed
them.

"We paid for their first efforts and when 3-0 down it's more
complicated to come home with points. Luck wasn't on our side
either, but it is our fault and mine too if we played so badly in
the first half."