In the early morning of February 9, Beijing time, the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia ushered in a focus battle, and Inter Milan sat at home to meet the challenge of Rome.
This is Mourinho's second return to Meazza after 11 and a half years since he stepped down as Nerazzurri manager in the summer of 2010. The Inter fans at the scene applauded thunderously, singing in unison to welcome Mourinho home, and the long guns and short cannons of the media were also aimed at the magic bird.
Before the match, Inter ended the international match day, returned to the league 1-2 and was reversed by Milan, although still ranked first in the league, but only one point ahead of Milan and Napoli. The team has won just one of the regular 90 minutes of their last 5 games and is in somewhat diminished form.
Roma are seventh with 12 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, a four-point gap from fourth-place Atalanta and a full 14 points away from Inter.
Roma's recent matches have been subject to controversial penalties, the last round of Serie A, Roma 0-0 draw with Genoa, Zaniolo caused controversy, stirred the anger of the Roma team, Roma also ended a 3-game winning streak in all competitions.
Just 1 minute into the opening, Inter scored, through a series of passes, Roma's defense was torn apart, Perisic's cross was just right, Dzeko stepped on it, and Inter took a 1-0 lead.
Just 2 minutes later, Barrera's long-range shot crossed Patricio and hit the crossbar hard, allowing Roma to escape.
The camera is given to Mourinho, who keeps clapping and cheering on the players.
Throughout the first half, Roma did not get too good offensive opportunities, after half-time, the two teams' shooting ratio was 6-3, Roma's two flanks were like crouching dragons, which really dragged down the team's attack and defense.
In the second half, Roma stepped up their attack, with a shot from new signing Oliveira, quite dangerous after changing the line, Handanovic
A few minutes later, Zaniolo's hanging shot was cleared off the line by Škliniar's header on goal line.
Neither chance translated into a goal, and in the 67th minute, Roma's second goal conceded, sanchez completed the world wave with his personal ability, shooting straight into the dead corner.
In inter's celebratory crowd, Mourinho's mouth was full of words, quite eye-catching.
In the final stages of the game, although Roma improved the number of shots on goal, there were not many threatening attacks.
In the end, Inter beat Roma 2-0 at home, and Mourinho returned to Meazza's first match, which ended in defeat.
At the final whistle, Mourinho took the initiative to walk over and hug Little Inzaghi, then walked quickly to the dressing room and waved to the fans.
Inter fans still applaud Mourinho and send them a tribute to the meritorious manager who has brought them infinite glory!