In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the last match of the 17th round of Serie A, Roma hosted Spezia. For Mourinho, they urgently need to get 3 points to stop the decline. In the end, 90 minutes later, Roma won the game 2-0, but Mourinho was obviously not satisfied with the game, after all, one of his players was sent off for no reason before the final game.
In this match, Roma quickly established an advantage, relying on Smalling's goal, Mourin's team took the lead early. With Ibanez scoring in the second half, Roma extended their advantage and eventually won the match 2-0. With an early 2-goal lead in the game, Mourinho replaced himself in the second half with his 18-year-old genius Gian.
For fans who have been following Mourinho, they must know the player Ji'an. In the 13th round of Serie A, Gian scored twice in the final moments to help Roma win. After that game, Mourinho fulfilled his promise and gave the youngster a pair of expensive sneakers.
Gian has been promoted by Mourinho this season, and his progress is also visible to the naked eye. But some time ago, he missed many games of the team due to the virus, facing Spezia in the early morning, it was a comeback battle for Gian. As a result, the Ghanaian youngster who came on as a substitute was ineffective in the last minute, but was sent off by the referee with a red card, which made Mourinho on the sidelines very excited.
Shortly after playing, Gian was knocked down by his opponent with the ball, and the referee instead gave the youngster a yellow card. Mourinho on the sidelines could only appeal to the fourth official when he saw this scene, and he slapped his chest, believing that the opponent had knocked down his player and that the yellow card was a spurious thing. Since Roma were 2 goals ahead at this time, the quarrel on the pitch did not continue to ferment.
In the 92nd minute of the final moment of the game, Gian successfully scored, he spread his hands and was preparing to go to the sidelines to celebrate with the fans, but was told that the goal was invalid. What made the youngster even worse was that he had a handball action during the goal, so the referee gave the player a second yellow card and sent him off.
When The Mourinho on the sidelines saw this scene, he was also upset with his disciples, and he was very excited to appeal to the referee, but he did not get a response. With little time left, Roma, who played with 10 men, did not suffer too many threatening goals and eventually won the game 2-0.
It seems that Gian's departure has no impact on Roma. But we all know that the red card needs to be suspended, and if Gian's penalty has not been revoked, in the next round roma face Atalanta, Mourinho will have one less available attacking player.
After returning to Serie A this season, Mourinho was indeed unlucky, and he was repeatedly targeted for "refereeing attention". According to the data, the referees who have enforced Roma's matches this season have been suspended in Serie A, and some have also been sent down to Serie B matches.