In the early morning of February 9, Beijing time, the Italian Cup ended a 1/4 final, Mourinho appeared unwinnable, the serie A and the Italian Cup double line collapsed, after a Serie A 0-0 draw by Genoa, and encountered a controversial penalty, very unlucky, because of the draw, Roma did not qualify for the top six in the standings, ranked seventh in the standings with 39 points, fell out of the European theater, although the sixth-place Lazio is also 39 points, but has a goal advantage; this round of the Italian Cup 1/4 final, Roma directly lost to Inter 0-2, tragically eliminated.
Inter played the king's wind, Inzaghi Jr. sent the "second oldest man" Dzeko and Sanchez, the 2 veterans played a decisive role in the double forward, Perisic, Damian Bidal, Brozovic, Barrera formed a 5 midfielder, D'Ambrosio, Škriniar and Bastoni formed a three-centre-back, goalkeeper Handanovic, The starting 11 cost 268 million euros; Roma are not weak, Mourinho has revealed a starting 11 of inter's strength, led by Zagnolo and Tammy Abraham, and the starting line-up is worth 223 million euros.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Inter took the lead, Sanchez in front of the header to instigate the attack, perisic inserted on the left side of the ball to complete the cross, Dzeko in the box directly volleyed the goal, Inter 1-0 Roma.
In the 68th minute of the game, Damian burst forward with the ball, facing the bag defense, he chose to return the pass, Sanchez held the ball at 30 meters away from the goal, and after getting rid of it, he directly shot out of the world wave, the ball hung straight to the top left corner, Inter took a strong 2-0 lead, and kept the score until the end of the game.
Inter had 58% of the ball in the game, 12-11 with Roma's shot on goal and 6-2 on target, and with an efficient offensive performance, they finally won 2-0 against Roma. Mourinho was very uneventful about the loss of this game, he was interviewed after the game, saying that the team had two particularly good opportunities, but did not seize it, but he was satisfied with the game process, the team did a good job of pressing, and some of the time also controlled the game. Speaking about his return to the Meazza stadium, Mourinho said: "I am very grateful for the welcome you have received me, Zhang Kangyang, Marotta and Zanetti are very friendly and gave me a gift, all I can say is thank you. ”
In this game, the 30-year-old boss Zhang Kangyang not only gave a gift to Mourinho, but also watched the match of his own team Inter on the spot, witnessed Inter advancing to the top 4 of the Italian Cup, from the perspective of Inter's strength and status, it is expected to win 4 consecutive championships in more than a year, that is, 2 Serie A championships, 1 Italian Super Cup championship trophy, 1 Italian Cup championship, and has previously won 1 serie A championship and 1 Italian Super Cup championship, and currently Serie A continues to lead the standings, and the Italian Cup has also entered the top 4. The prospects for the title race are optimistic.