Rossi had to take a break for one and a half months due to injury, and had not yet achieved a goal and an assist in a single match with his new team. He played in his seventh game after the injury break in the ninth loss of the last ten matches, sources said.
In MLS, Henrik Rydström's Columbus Crew lost 1-0 to Nashville after a stoppage-time goal. The Crew had only two points after the first four matches of the season, but later won 2-0 against Philadelphia Union with two goals by Max Arfsten. According to Fotbollskanalen, Rydström described that it is important not to see themselves as victims, and that the ball had not bounced their way in the first four matches. He also noted that they try to help their forwards as much as possible. The Crew have won three of the last five matches after a tough start and are now in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
That's why it's important that I or the players don't see ourselves as victims.
Ahmed Qasem scored a goal for Nashville against Charlotte and is considering a national team switch to Iraq, according to multiple reports.
It has been four matches where in a way you can say the ball hasn't bounced our way.
I also think that in the end you get what you deserve. That's why it's important that I don't see myself as a victim and that the players don't either.
We try to help our forwards as much as possible, because they have the quality. If they become too isolated and don't have options around them, then they will become too isolated. I don't want that... I think there were promising things right up to the final product.