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At 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 7, a match in the 20th round of Serie A began to compete, and Roma challenged AC Milan. Roma have achieved 10 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats in the first 19 league rounds, which is a certain distance from the Champions League zone. Roma's results are more unstable, both losing to Inter by 3 goals and beating Atalanta by 4 goals. Roma have remained unbeaten in the last three league rounds, but in the last game against Sampdoria, Roma were eliminated from the lead, resulting in the loss of the key 2 points, which is a pity. This time Roma away to face AC Milan, it is not easy, after all, Roma has lost to AC Milan when they were at home before. Roma lost, losing 3-1.
Mourinho lined up a formation of 3142 in this game. Patricio served as the starting goalkeeper. Ibanes, Smalling and Gianluca Mancini are paired at 3 backs. Wellertu single back. Viña, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Mkhitaryan and Karlsdorp are paired at 4 backs. The duo of Tammy Abraham and Zaniolo joined forces. Sharawi, Shomurodov, Perez and Christant were on the bench.
Roma had a very bad start to the match, first giving the opponent a penalty opportunity, and then the defender's back pass back caused the ball to be lost. Just 16 minutes into the game, Roma conceded two goals due to two mistakes, which was incredible. Although the trailing Roma wanted to fight back, they were still controlled by Milan on the scene, but Roma also seized a chance to complete the goal, which was scored by Abraham. At half-time, Roma were 1-2 behind.
Roma had a very sharp attack in the second half, very close to the goal, but met the excellent Mineon and Roma's shot was fruitless. In the 63rd minute Milan made a substitution adjustment, with Bakayoko and Leo coming on as substitutes, which gave Milan back the initiative and shooting opportunities. The biggest blow for Roma came in the 73rd minute, when Karlsdorp was sent off for two yellows and one red. This forced the backward Rome to fight 1 less. This is an extremely bad situation. Leo's one-handed goal on the bench shattered Roma's hopes of an equaliser. Milan still had a chance to extend the score, but Ibrahimovic conceded a penalty. In the end, Roma lost 1-3.
Mourinho was furious about the match, and he angrily spewed at the referee after the game: "I really don't understand the referee's enforcement tonight. I haven't seen a single image that clearly shows that the penalty was a correct decision. If you compare the fall to the ground in the penalty area of Zagnolo and Ibanez, I don't think there is any difference. The referee owes us an explanation. "Indeed, there are some inconsistencies in the standards of refereeing in sentencing, which has caused controversy. At the same time, Mourinho explained the reason for the loss, he did not think that the loss was a tactical problem, he believed that it was all due to personal mistakes caused by the loss of the ball.