This round of Serie A, Inter Milan will play Roma at their home stadium, this game has 2 special meanings, first of all, for Inter, the results of this game will greatly affect whether the team can defend the title successfully, and the second layer of meaning is that Roma manager Mourinho will face the old owner again, what kind of record he can play this time.
In fact, Inter's defending journey is as it is now, purely its own problem, at first the team's points situation in the first half was still quite good, but since the 24th round of loss to AC Milan, the team began to concede points in a row, and the results of several games had a very fatal impact on the team, namely 0-2 loss at home to Sassuolo, away and Turin and Genoa such weak teams as a draw, the team lost a lot of points that should be earned.
At present, in the league rankings, Inter is 2 points behind AC Milan in the case of one less game, the league now has 6 games for Inter, and for AC Milan is left in 5 games, it should be said that the initiative to win the championship is still in their own hands, but the important premise is that the team must try to win all in the subsequent games. Once any game is lost, the team's situation will be very passive.
Mourinho's coaching record this season is generally acceptable, and the most realistic goal at present is also the most ideal situation, which is to strive to be in the top four of the league. But the goal won't be simple, the team has 58 points after playing 33 games, five points behind juve in fourth place, and Roma are now in fifth place and a five-point difference that makes it difficult for them to really catch up with Juve in the future, unless the opponent makes a mistake and tries not to lose points.
This time against Inter, for Mourinho the emotions are a bit complicated, first of all, the deep feelings between him and Inter determine, of course, his heart is hoping that Inter will win the championship, not to mention that it is his former sworn enemy AC Milan who is now competing with Inter for the title. But at the moment, he also has his own performance indicators, and as a professional coach, winning every game instead of looking at people is the real professional performance, and Mourinho certainly knows what to do.
Inter and Roma have met twice this season, with Inter winning 3-0 away from home in Serie A and 2-0 at home in the Cup, showing a huge advantage. Although Roma have grabbed a lot of points recently, given the gap in strength between the two teams, and now Inter have huge pressure to win the championship and potential fighting spirit, this is also a very unfavorable and difficult factor for Roma.
But often the league to this stage, judging and predicting a game can never follow the conventional thinking, from the performance of Inter this season, in fact, their overall play is not stable, they can defeat strong opponents, but also at any time may be upset by the opponent, and the situation in Rome is similar, although the team playing strong team performance is not very good, but this team has always been a very unstable representative, playing any result is possible. Especially for Roma, this is the time to create trouble for the winning team, and they are willing to do so and prove their ability. In fact, this game is not unacceptable for Inter to draw, after all, they are still far ahead of AC Milan in goal difference, so they still need to be wary of possible draws.