Italian media football-italia reported that after the 4-1 away win over Atalanta, Roma coach Jose Mourinho said toughly: Who still says Roma have not beaten the top five teams. Mourinho reminded everyone that just 20 minutes ago, Roma beat the top five teams in Serie A.
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Ahead of the match against Atalanta, Mourinho was very confident that there was one thing he had no doubt about, and that was that Roma could win the game. The Roma soldiers, who went on the road with a sense of victory, were indeed working together to beat Atalanta 4-1 in Bergamo. It was a very typical Mourinho-style victory, and despite only 29% possession, Roma scored in the first minute of the game and scored four goals.
Mourinho said in his post-match review: "The spirit of this game is really fantastic, the players know very well that in the game against Atalanta, you can never control the game for 90 minutes. Sometimes you have to retreat into a deep area to defend. In this game, the team was excellent in all aspects and the referees were also very good. Because Atalanta is aggressive and physically good at using it, we need a level and experienced referee. ”
Mourinho continued to analyse the match, saying: "Roma handled the confrontation in the penalty area very well and was very careful to see if the action was dangerous to themselves. We did a great job of handling the backcourt and everything in today's game was done very well. Kasdorp knew we were missing on the bench, but he was still holding out and making sacrifices for the team. ”
"I always hear people say Roma haven't beaten the top five teams in the league in 19 months and now it's okay to say, just 20 minutes away, we Roma did it. I don't want to say Inter because their level is significantly higher than other Serie A teams, but for a team like Milan and Napoli in Atalanta, it's not enough to have tactical organisation and physical confrontation, you need to do everything perfectly. Mourinho said.
Mourinho admits that Roma have not been a very good team in the past, although confident but also prone to error. "When under pressure, Rome didn't cope well. But from today's point of view, as far as I'm concerned, it's fantastic to see Rome coping with pressure today. In the past, if we conceded a goal like today, we would collapse. However, today's game, our mentality has made a big improvement. ”