In the last game of the 6th round of serie A, Roma vs Empoli, Mourinho's team won or not, can not change the top three positions, not to mention squeezing out the top position, but if you win, to a certain extent, it will affect the process of fighting for the fourth and the title. For Mourinho, the team has lost 0-4, 1-2, he was pushed to the cusp, so it must be a game to declare that the team is back on track, this battle he can not afford to lose, and if they win this game, Roma will further widen the gap with Juventus.
In the match with Empoli, as soon as the game began, Roma showed a strong desire to score, in the 6th minute, Roma launched an attack on the right side, the ball was transmitted twice to Alaborham in front of the goal, the English star's header was not successful, and Dybala saw the situation to follow up and shoot was still ineffective. In the 16th minute, Roma's right pass from the penalty area was blocked, Dybala unexpectedly got the ball at the top of the arc, Zhang Bow and arrow shot straight into the left corner, Roma counter-attacked the main hand to hold the advantage!
In the 22nd minute, Patricio contributed a heroic save to save Roma from an equaliser. It was not until the 42nd minute that the score was rewritten again, when Stojanovic picked out a pass in the penalty area, Satriano missed the ball, and Bandinelli took advantage of the momentum ball at the second drop point to successfully break through the Roma gate, and the direction of the game was once again confusing. In the 50th minute, Empoli was in front of the goal and Ibanez's high-altitude bombing was blocked.
In the 70th minute, Celik launched an attack on the right side, Dybala crossed from the right side of the penalty area, Alaborhan understood that he would follow up with a low shot, the goalkeeper could not react, Roma 2-1 again rebounded, and this is also the final score. After this campaign, Empoli still accumulated 4 points, temporarily getting rid of relegation, while Roma changed from 10 points to 13 points, surpassing Inter Milan and sitting on the 5th throne, juventus has a 3-point gap with it.
It is worth saying that this is also Roma's 6 consecutive wins against Empoli, and the "Red Wolves" have set a record of 15 years of fighting with it and 15 years of unbeaten! As the sixth round of Serie A came to an end, the standings became more and more rigid, from Napoli at the top of the table to Inter Milan in the sixth place, the highest score difference was 2 points, and Udinese, who ranked 5th and 4th, had the same points, all accumulating 13 points, and the 3rd place AC Milan, the 2nd place Atalanta and the first place Napoli, the points were the same, 14 points, which also meant that several teams could only come up with stronger hard work to win the championship!
As the Serie A champions last season, seeing the situation in Serie A today is undoubtedly uneasy, in their hearts they are undoubtedly eager to defend the title, but whether it is in points, or in terms of goal difference, they do not have any advantage, and from the perspective of the game, even if they play against the weak brigade, they are more glued, basically just to win with a 1-point advantage, this situation wants to survive to the championship, the degree of hardship can be imagined! At present, including Roma, whose points are temporarily in the second tier, may threaten AC Milan's defense!