Italian media football-italia reported that after losing 1-3 to AC Milan, Roma coach Jose Mourinho admitted that he did not like the referee's performance, nor did he like Roma's performance. Mourinho stressed that Roma are now a mid-range team, and the mistakes made by the team are not tactical mistakes, but completely flaws in personal ability.
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In this game, Roma fell behind 2-0 early, and at the end of the game Roma only had 9 players on the field left. "Even if we were 2-0 behind, we tried to find opportunities in the game, but when Karlsdorp was sent off, it was all over. But that being said, the team really didn't play today. You can look at the two goals we conceded at the beginning of the game, and they were thrown too casually. Today's game was really poor, I don't like today's referees, nor do I like my team today. Mourinho said.
On the referee's penalty, Mourinho had something to say: "The referee and VAR also performed badly, I saw that Tammy Abraham did move his arm, but it was not a very natural move. But if you're going to award this penalty, then the two fouls of Zagnolo and Ibanez should also be awarded penalties, three together, or none at all. Mourinho believes that the enforcement standards of Serie A referees should be uniform, not two penalty standards for two teams in one game.
For the performance of roma teams, Mourinho also admitted that this is the embodiment of the strength of the team's current squad. "Now Roma are at the level of a midstream team, so we're in the middle and that's where we should be. We made a lot of mistakes in this game, not a tactical problem, but a whole question of personal ability. ”
Mourinho's remarks were also often mentioned in his later years in charge of Tottenham. In Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Newcastle, Tottenham's Backline Rodton and Alexis Sanchez made mistakes to give the opponent two goals, when Mourinho bluntly stated that this was not a mistake, it was all personal ability.