Milan: Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini has played down confirmed reports of players visiting a Moscow strip club after a night of Champions League football that has dented their last 16 hopes.


Roma's forward Francesco Totti (2R) celebrates with his teammates scoring a goal at Khimki arena outside Moscow. Pic/AFP 

Russian press reports on Wednesday claimed that some of the Serie A club's players visited the 'Egoist Gold' strip club in the Russian capital following a damaging 1-1 draw with Group E rivals CSKA Moscow. However Sabatini told Radio Roma on Thursday: "The players were allowed a couple of hours off. Some came back after two and a half hours, but we're a liberal club."