Unable to win Betis for two consecutive games, Roma were cornered, and the final match of the Europa League group stage became a life-and-death battle between Roma and Jose Mourinho. If they cannot win Ludogorets at home, Roma will fall into the Europa League and miss out on the knockout stages of the Europa League.
Before the game, Mourinho reiterated several times that Roma did not want to play in the European Cup because they had already won it. To win the game, Roma put the newly injured Zaniolo on the bench and was on standby. Jose Mourinho Joseph played the two-centre-forward tactics of Tammy Abraham and Belotti in the hope of crushing his opponent Ludogoretz with a strong attack.
In the first half, Roma, who played at home, were full of momentum, with 10 consecutive shots on goal without success. Instead, Ludogorets, who could qualify with just a draw, defended and played several threatening attacks, ultimately relying on Rick's goal to take a 1-0 lead away from home side Roma.
Faced with the incompetence of Tammy Abraham and Belotti, Mourinho could only wave his hand again, sending three substitutes, Cristante, Zaniolo and Volpato. Injured Zaniolo produced a penalty as soon as he came on, which was scored by captain Pellegrini to help Roma equalise.
Unexpectedly, just five minutes later, Zaniolo made another penalty, and Pellegrini scored twice from the penalty, and Roma completed the comeback. Jose Mourinho's impromptu command once again dominated the game.
As super-managers, UEFA's friends won't pit Jose Mourinho. In the 76th minute, Ludogorets scored again, but the impartial referee was clear and determined that Rick had committed a foul first, and Nonato's goal was blown out. In the end, Zaniolo himself scored a goal to help Roma seal the victory.
As last season's UEFA Europa League winner, Mourinho relied on his fame to make the Europa League more popular than the Europa League. In return, UEFA did not embarrass Roma in terms of fixture schedule and referee arrangement, and with Jose Mourinho's brilliant command, Roma finally struggled to stay in the Europa League and secure a place in the knockout round.
As Roma finished second in the group, they will face the third place in the group stage of the Champions League to compete for a place in the last 16 of the Europa League. With giants such as Barcelona, Juventus and Sevilla, plus Champions League teams such as Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting Portugal, Red Bull Salzburg and Shakhtar Donetsk, there is basically no team that Roma can compete with now. Roma can only rely on Jose Mourinho's brilliant command if they want to qualify.
Since taking charge of Roma, Mourinho has relied on his own magical substitutions on several occasions to help the team complete the comeback. Lack of ability, the coach came to make up, the strongest of this Roma team is Mourinho. As long as Jose Mourinho is there, Roma will not be afraid of these Champions League teams and have ambitions to compete for the Europa League title.