As the most trafficked manager in football, Mourinho took over the title of Manager of Serie A team Roma in this season, bringing great attention to the team at the same time, the madman also made the performance of red wolves have been significantly improved, the Serie A field temporarily ranked fifth, and in the European arena has also become the last façade of Serie A, they encountered the Premier League blue fox Leicester City from the Premier League in the UEFA semi-finals, the latter's performance this season did not meet expectations, only ranked tenth in the Premier League.
However, there is no hope of fighting for European competition, and there is no relegation pressure, so that Leicester City can fully devote themselves to the UEFA arena, entering the final is also their goal, after the start of the game, Leicester City, which plays at home, has a clear advantage in the field, but Mourinho beat Rogers in terms of on-the-spot command, single-handedly making up for the weakness of the Red Wolves, Pellegri's goal also once let Roma see the hope of away triumph, but in the second half Mancini's oolong ball, Leicester City struggled to keep their home stadium, shaking hands with Roma 1-1, and the second leg will move to the home of the Red Wolves, and they will also have the initiative to advance
Today's Serie A has long lost the style of the small World Cup, and the Premier League is in its own heyday, which can also be seen from the matches between Leicester City and Rome, although the Blue Foxes are only in tenth place in the Premier League, but against Roma, who are fifth in Serie A, they are still in the field, and their possession rate is far ahead of 67% in the whole game, forming a siege in the Roma half for a long time.
The Red Wolves in the game, reflected the obvious Mourinho style, the whole team relying on excellent defense, so that Leicester City only created 8 shots on goal, of which only 2 hit within the range of the goal frame, and from the course of the game, it can be clearly felt that Mourinho choked Rodgers' life goal, the whole game let the team's forward players, in the high position of the Blue Fox backcourt of the organizational core Tillemans, and achieved obvious results, making it difficult for Leicester City to form an effective attack in the middle, More were a threat to Rome by surprise attacks on the flanks.
After putting the opponent in a situation where they were out of control, Roma could also safely implement their defensive counterattack style in the game, and scored in the 15th minute of the first half, the core of the front line Pellegri, after receiving the direct ball from his teammate, a low shot pierced the Blue Fox goal, but in the second half, Leicester City's onslaught also caused a mistake in the Roma backline, and in the 67th minute Barnes broke through to the bottom line after the cross, causing Mancini to break the ball and score the oolong ball, Leicester City, who helped the home team, drew with Roma.
Although the road trip did not win, but can force the powerful Leicester City, has allowed Roma to grasp the initiative to enter the Europa League this season, the second leg of the two teams will come to Rome's home for a life and death battle, when the Red Wolves will have home advantage, and this away draw, will also let them have a significant increase in self-confidence, look forward to Mourinho can lead Roma in retaining the fifth place in the league, locking the Europa League qualification at the same time, in the European Union arena also laughed to the end!