No it would take more than Einstein. It would take someone capable of reading minds. They could just as easily have been demoralised by that previous game not to mention how weak they were on paper relative to us. I don't think Roma were too crash hot in that game we just stooped to their level that game as well.
But they didn't, they proved almost equal to us throughout the majority of the game with both teams having good opportunities to win it.
it wouldn't take an Einstein with the benefit of hindsight which is exactly why i said it, it's so easy to see how all over us they were in the first half despite us trying to go about our usual game, if they were really for the taking they would have simply rolled over and died.
It goes without saying that Italy during WC06 would have just as easily imploded and yet they gained a siege mentality, what's to say that Roma didn't create that mentality? Because it was all over their body language on the pitch with the amount of tackles they were throwing in and the pressure they were putting on