“The players let down their guard and did too badly!” Roma scolded by Swiss team, Mourinho’s player sniping

Manager Jose Mourinho has one more wrinkle.

AS Roma drew 1-1 with Cervete, the third-place team in the Swiss Super League, in the ‘2023-24 season Europa League Group G 5th round’ held in Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland, in the early morning of the 1st (Korean time). Roma (10 points), with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss, remained in second place in the group behind Slavia Prague (4 wins, 1 loss, 12 points). Cervete (1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, 5 points) is in 3rd place.

It was Rome’s superiority in objective power. But soccer balls are always round. ‘Giant killing’, where a weak team catches a strong team, can happen at any time. Roma showed their sincerity by launching two top players, Paolo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku. But the results were not satisfactory.

In the 21st minute of the first half, Lukaku scored the first goal off Diego Llorente’s pass, making it seem like Roma would easily end the game. The Swiss third-place team was no easy task. Five minutes into the second half, opposing striker Bedia scored an equalizer to tie the game. 온라인카지노사이트

Coach Mourinho called in all his substitutes to aim for the winning goal, but it ended up being a draw. The players who scored one point against a team that was one level lower in the away game also looked despondent.

Roma was unable to overwhelm its opponent in the game, tying 13-13 in the number of shots fired. According to ‘WhoScored.com’, the player with the highest rating in Roma was goalkeeper Mille Svilar at 7.6, so the players performed poorly. Lukaku, who scored the goal, received 7.4, and Llorente, who provided the assist, received 7.0.

After the game, Coach Mourinho said, “Slumping in the second half is something that happens to us too often. It’s a shame there were no cameras in the locker room. I told the players at halftime that the opponent was clearly going to come out strong in the second half. Our attitude was too complacent. He strongly reprimanded the players, saying, “The players did not take advantage of the opportunity to prove themselves.”

Mourinho said that the players who were given opportunities as substitutes in the second half performed poorly, saying, “There are players who are good in Serie A but are not used to playing on the bench in Europa League. “We were unable to improve the game,” he said.