Today, Roma faced Serie A relegation team Salenitana, a difficult home comeback, and a two-goal reversal from 80 minutes in a 0:1 situation, which not only allowed Roma to remain unbeaten in Serie A for 11 consecutive rounds, but also consolidated the team's fifth position.
The reason the match was so tough was because Roma had a tough away game on April 8, with the group stage rival Bode shining, sitting on the fake turf at the Norwegian home stadium, and winning Roma again 2-1.
As Roma captain Pellegrini said: "In this piece of turf, you don't even know which direction the ball bounces off the ground.
Roma are ready for home revenge and Bode shine, their home games have sold more than 60,000 tickets, and they are bound to completely defeat their opponents amid the shouts of home fans.
Mourinho thinks the team is too tired
From the end of the match on April 8, Roma also clashed with Bode Shine, and the local police intervened for a long time, causing the players to go back to rest very late, but soon, Roma ushered in a Serie A match three days later, which was really bad for Roma.
Mourinho, in order to maintain a slight threat to the top four teams, refused to be overtaken by the team by the sworn enemy Lazio, and did not try to make a big change in the starting lineup.
However, there are still some interesting things about this game that deserve your attention, that is, Spinazzola, who was expected to return in January and February, has finally confirmed that he can play, and he also sat on the bench in this game, feeling the atmosphere of the game, and it is almost a year since his last appearance, July 3, 2021!
In this match with Salernitana, Roma completely occupied the initiative on the field, with 67% possession and 17-6 shots on goal, all of which proved that this was a game of great disparity.
Rome's advantage is not small
But the opponents are currently trapped in the relegation zone, they have not given up the hope of relegation, and they play very tenaciously!
In this game, both sides received a total of 13 yellow cards! Among them, Roma received 5 yellow cards, while Salernitana received 8 yellow cards, and Salenitana's high number of fouls also reflects the determination of this Serie A relegation team to take points from Roma after playing in Europe.
It is also true that Although Roma have stronger statistics, they have not been able to break the deadlock, but Instead Salenitana took the lead in a set-piece attack assisted by Ribery!
After that, Salenitana was besieged by Rome for a long time, but all of them guarded rome's shots.
For example, Salenitana goalkeeper Luigi Sepe, although he conceded two goals, he still made five saves.
Mourinho has a wonderful substitution
In the 68th minute of the game, Mourinho made three consecutive substitutions, of which Shomurov and Kares Perez came on the field, which was Mourinho's only two substitute forwards, and it was clear that Mourinho was ready to fight hard.
And Peles did not disappoint him, opening the situation with a kick in the 81st minute, not only did the morale of salenitana's players plummet, but the Roma players saw the hope of equalizing!
Just four minutes later, Roma once again had a good chance to set the piece up front.
The Smalling crowd contributed to the reversal of the kill
The goal also sounded the horn of victory for Roma, and finally Roma managed to win three points at home, and then just prepare for the Quarter-finals of the European Association Cup four days later at home.
However, despite reaching an unbeaten 11-round serie A match, Roma's situation did not improve much, and they still ranked 5th in Serie A, five points away from fourth-place Juventus.
Compared with Juventus, who spent nearly 100 million euros in the winter window to strengthen, Mourinho, who only had 2 loan players to support in the winter window, also made it clear that with only 6 rounds in Serie A, Roma could not catch up with Juventus, and still strives to pursue the goal of victory, that is, to crush the dead enemy Lazio.
Mourinho is ready to start preparing for next season
Obviously, Mourinho's focus, apart from trying to reach the final or win the European Association Cup, is mainly to fight for next season, but compared to last season (Mourinho's season has not yet come), Roma are only 5 points away from surpassing last season's points.
At the same time, if Mourinho can lead Roma to the first European Association Cup, it will already be a successful season for Roma fans.
However, the meal has to be stuttered, Roma in the future Serie A, but also face Napoli, Inter Milan two difficult to play away games, as well as the European Association Cup "life and death battle", as Italy's only two european games to play, Roma face the situation, even more severe than other teams.