Insecure Roma desperate for Cagliari win: Garcia

Rudi Garcia has called for an end to the "feelings of insecurity" that have enveloped his Roma side as they suffered another domestic blow by crashing out of the Italian Cup to Fiorentina.Roma spurned a host of first-half chances before falling to a second-half brace by German international Mario Gomez as La Viola secured a 2-0 quarter-final win on Tuesday and a last-four meeting with Juventus.For Roma, who have now registered only two wins in two months, it's back to challenging Juventus domestically and turning their focus on the last 32 of the Europa League having crashed out of the Champions League to Manchester City in December.Roma sit seven points behind Serie A leaders and champions Juventus, whose bid for a fourth consecutive title looks rock solid, and will look to qualify for the last 16 in Europe when they face Feyenoord over two legs later this month.Garcia has called for a win at Cagliari this weekend to help restore confidence in a side which has struggled in the absence of Ivorian international Gervinho and several other key players through injury."We have several issues with the team right now so it's normal to have some feelings of insecurity," he said after Tuesday's defeat."We don't have a problem in defence, it's more of a problem of our general defending attitude especially right now as our attack has been shorn of certain elements."We need a result at Cagliari to get luck back on our side."Gervinho has been on Africa Cup of Nations duty, Daniele De Rossi is still sidelined and fellow midfielders Juan Iturbe and Kevin Strootman are out for potentially lengthy spells with knee/ankle and knee injuries respectively.Gervinho, as well as compatriot and fellow striker Seydou Doumbia, who was signed from CSKA Moscow last week, are set to feature for Ivory Coast in Wednesday's semi-final against the Democratic Republic of Congo.De Rossi is on his way back and Garcia is praying Iturbe's knee/ankle injury, suffered in last week's 1-1 draw with Empoli, does not leave the Argentinian sidelined for too long."We're waiting on the two Africans to return and De Rossi as well. Hopefully Iturbe's injury won't keep him out for too long," added Garcia.Roma travel to Sardinia on Sunday, but striker Victor Ibarbo -- who moved to Roma from Cagliari on a six-month loan deal last week -- will play no part.The Colombian made his Roma debut on Tuesday when he replaced Francesco Totti on 73 minutes, only to suffer a calf injury.Despite his setback, and the fact Garcia brought him in to play wide in attack, the Colombian international said he can't wait to play alongside a "myth" like Totti."I'm here to try and win and will give everything for this club," said Ibarbo at his official presentation Wednesday."It's a dream for every player to play in a big team and to play alongside a myth like Totti I have to enjoy this experience as much as possible."

Source: AFP