In the 19th round of Serie A matches, Roma drew 1-1 with Sampdoria, and after the game, Mourinho held a regular press conference, at which the reporter asked Mourinho five major questions and asked Mourinho to summarize the first half of the season with a picture.
First, your team finally made a breakthrough after showing great patience, but you did not get three points in the end, is this frustrating?
Mourinho said: "I'm not sure we have that much patience, we didn't play well, but we deserved to win and I did get a little frustrated, mainly because of the way we played before 1-0 and after 1-1. We tried to win games, we played with intensity and we controlled the game without creating too many obvious chances. It's an ugly game because the side that wants to win doesn't play well, and the side that doesn't want to win is playing the way they play and get a point reward. 】
Second, is the team a little tired after the game against Atalanta?
Mourinho said: "Maybe, although this is normal, in the first half we seemed to have a bit of a slow pace, lacked some courage, seemed to be difficult to find the right angle to do high pressure, when we took the ball, lacked some concentration, so made some stupid mistakes that led to the loss of the ball. Sometimes, you boil the problem down to tiredness, maybe. All in all, we deserved to win, but we didn't play well. 】
In the second half of the season, what kind of mistakes do you not want your players to make?
Mourinho said: "Before the game, I told the players that you can play badly or well, you can win or you can lose. However, there are some things you won't lose once you have them. Against Atalanta, we had the courage to press, to win, to aspire to the game, but we didn't have that attitude today, and I feel a little sorry. Maybe player fatigue is a reason, which is understandable to me. I'll always support my players, I'll always be there for them and I don't want to be too picky about them. However, we didn't play well in this game. On the other hand, we're obviously facing another team, and I'm not a critic of Samp, but the style they use is to waste time from the first minute, and they do a lot. 】
Will your tactics change when Pellegrini returns?
Mourinho said: "Look, the most important thing is that he comes back. Now we're the only spinazzolla who haven't played yet and they'll give us more options because we're a team that needs more people. 】
If you had to use INS to summarize the team's performance in the first half, which photo would you choose as the accompanying picture?
Mourinho said: "A very normal photo, that is a picture of the Serie A standings. Inter are leading, Milan are leading, Juve are leading, Napoli are leading, Atalanta is leading. So, it's not going to be an amazing post with millions of likes, it's going to be a pretty normal post because this ranking is normal for us. 】
Well, the content of the Mourinho conference will be shared here, see you tomorrow!