At 22:00 Beijing time on February 5, the 24th round of Serie A, Roma played at home against Genoa. With one more player, Zaniolo's 91st-minute long-range shot was blown off, and Mourinho excitedly rushed into the stadium to question the referee, and Roma drew 0-0.
The two sides met in the first leg, when Roma also had a long time to score, relying on Mourinho's magical substitution and the inspiration of 19-year-old Affina Gian to win 2-0. Meeting again after three months is also the milestone of 100 games in Mourinho's Serie A coaching career.
In this campaign, Roma once again fell into the embarrassment of weakness, with a 62%-38% possession rate and a 23-10 number of shots! However, Roma only had 3 shots on target, and the efficiency of the goal kick was too poor.
This 0-0 game not only made Roma out of the cold, missed the Serie A 3 consecutive wins, but also in the case of more than 2 games, but also four points behind the fourth Atalanta, the prospect of competing for the fourth is not optimistic.
Roma finished 7th last season, brought in Jose Mourinho this season and threw almost 100 million euros to recruit reinforcements, but the effect was not ideal. Mourinho has been blunt about this time, and now this Roma team is a mid-level team.
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In the 12th minute, new signing Maitland Niles broke the ball in front of him and cut it straight in, and Tammy Abraham missed a good opportunity in the penalty area, holding his head with both hands.
In the 40th minute, Karlsdorp picked out a pass, Maitland Niles' header from inside the penalty area was crossed, but Tammy Abraham slipped awkwardly in front of goal and watched the ball slide through the goal.
In the 55th minute, Karlsdorp's cross was met by Smalling's close-range header that went just over the crossbar.
In the 66th minute, Karstoop's inverted triangle strike was blocked by Tammy Abraham's follow-up shot. In the 69th minute, Austi was sent off with a red card for a high-throated hug on Affina Gian, who was the last defender and Roma played one more.
In the 91st minute, Tammy Abraham's back pass, Mkhitaryan made the ball, Zagnolaneche then scored from a distance, and Roma finally broke the deadlock. Zaniolo took off his clothes and ran wildly to celebrate, not to mention the yellow card, and Mourinho was also relieved.
However, three minutes later, VAR signaled that Tammy Abraham had fouled first, and the referee watched the video replay and chose to cancel the goal. The Roma general was very dissatisfied, and Mourinho rushed into the stadium to question the referee, but failed to change the decision. Subsequently, Zaniolo was also sent off for a second yellow card for an argument.