The Red Wolves Roma, once under the leadership of coach Mourinho, broke into the top four of the Serie A standings, but the poor performance in recent rounds made them lose the first eighteen rounds, and the ranking slipped to seventh place, this week's Italian Cup quarterfinals are in full swing, Roma will play the first game of the New Year at home against Cremonese, who failed to relegate last season and fell into the Serie B League, but in the last 2 direct conversations between the two teams, Cremonese had the last laugh, and now they meet again, whether Mourinho can lead the team to revenge and make a good start to the New Year has become the biggest highlight of this gameAfter the start of the game, Cremonese took the lead in scoring in a passive situation, but Lukaku's goal in the second half helped the team successfully continue to live, and at the last moment, Dybala scored a goal to help Roma take revenge 2-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup.
In order to qualify at home, Mourinho also put on the team's most familiar 3-5-2 formation, with Svillar starting for Red Wolves in the back line, Llorente, Cristante and Celik in defence, Shaarawy, Manuel Pellegrini, Paredes, Bovey and Karlsdorp lining up in midfield, and Romelu Lukaku partnering Belotti up front.
With the referee's whistle, the Roma team suppressed the opponent in the cheers of the home fans, and Cremonese, who traveled away, was also ready to play a tough battle, put up an iron bucket formation to limit the attack of the Red Wolves, and then looked for an opportunity to counterattack with a sword, in the 8th minute, the Roma team took the lead, Lukaku's pass created a chance for Belotti to kick up, but unfortunately the latter's shot directly put the anti-aircraft gun.
Roma missed another chance to score in the 27th minute, when Belotti flanked a cross from the right from a team-mate and fired a shot from the goalkeeper who saved it, but Manuel Pellegrini hit the crossbar in the face of an empty goal, giving Roma a golden chance to take the lead.
Cremonese escaped and made the most of one of their few attacking chances in the 37th minute, when Saju got his feet after a team-mate's lob past Llorente in the box, and his downed tackle from the six-yard box put Cremonese back into the dressing room with a 1-0 lead.
After the game restarted, Roma, who was unwilling to lose at home, launched a tidal wave of attacks towards Cremonese's goal, but in the face of the away team's iron bucket formation, they did not have many options, and more could only choose to shoot from a distance to threaten the opponent's goal, in the 59th minute, Shaarawy dribbled the ball from the midfield to the front of the Cremonese penalty area, and hit the goal directly, but unfortunately it was not suppressed, and the ball flew directly out of the bottom line.
In the case of the team falling into passivity, Lukaku once again stepped forward and became the savior of the Red Wolves, after receiving Azmoun's through ball in the 77th minute, the little monster entered the penalty area to push and shoot, helping Roma chase the score to a 1-1 draw, the morale of Roma, in the 83rd minute, once again let the opponent pay the price, substitute Spinazzola, the left side of the strong burst caused a foul in the penalty area of the defender, the referee gave the Red Wolves a penalty, Dybala hit the penalty steadily, helping Roma 2-1 quasi-kill the opponent!
Judging from Roma's strength and performance, they have no hope of winning the Serie A and Europa League this season, so Mourinho needs to seize the opportunity of the domestic cup if he wants to avoid the result of the four empty after the season, and after taking revenge on Cremonese, the Red Wolves broke into the quarterfinals of the Serie Cup with their heads held high and kept their hopes of winning the title!