23:26
Mourinho on Pellegrini and training
Mou again: “Pilgrims? He did a training session yesterday, his first with the team. We played on Thursday, we arrived in Trigoria on Friday at 2 and it was a little training. Having him play would have been a risk also due to his intensity, we need to train. Smalling? I’m not very optimistic to give an answer, whether he can play on Thursday or Sunday. Torino is a team that specializes in defending man-to-man across the pitch. With more speed, it is easier to find spaces and depth, we are not a naturally ultra-fast team. I tried with El Shaarawy, but Schuurs played a great match. This is Taurus, we know it, like it or not. It’s difficult to play against them, with so many players on the bench for these substitutions. Initial training? Azmoun is unlikely to play a match of this profile, Aouar is not yet at his best and then I said about Pellegrini: they were players who couldn’t play. The defense did well, Cristante and Paredes were extraordinary, Lukaku and Dybala don’t change when the game is in the balance. The only changeable was El Shaarary: I inserted Zalewski, then Belotti if this was the result. I was happy with the team and I didn’t see any way to improve it. Sometimes you can make five changes, today I didn’t feel that way“.
23:20
Mourinho at the press conference
The Special One speaks at the press conference: “This match against Toro was complicated, even at 1-0 it was an open game. They are a difficult team, we had a very good second half. We don’t have many players with great intensity, but we created enough situations to score a few more goals. We conceded goals from dead balls, we know how to defend them, but someone didn’t interpret it well. There is the feeling of two points lost, but we played a good game. I saw a good team on the pitch, now let’s move on to the next one“.
23:15
Mourinho cheers Lukaku
When asked about Lukaku’s strength, Mou responds as follows: “He’s a fantastic player, there’s nothing else to say. Obviously there are other great strikers in other teams, I’m nobody to compare them. I’m very happy with him, but also with Belotti and Azmoun. I like Azmoun, he is in a difficult situation now and he needs to work. I am very happy with these three players.”
23:10
The many goals scored
Mourinho was asked about the many goals conceded by his Roma: “If you see the team that played today, the five that played are two and a half new. The middle man is Llorente who arrived last year and played about ten games. There are no Smalling and Ibanez. Rui Patricio is fine now, but he didn’t start very very well. In midfield we need to find balance. Today I really liked the two-man midfield, Paredes and Cristante worked well. I think we’ll go back to conceding fewer goals. People remember Ibanez for the mistakes, but he was a very strong player from a defensive point of view. Smalling is fundamental for us. Today we had the doubt of having Mancini play centrally and Llorente as third, if Diego hadn’t been able to control Zapata and played a great game. I’m happy with the boys. We look at the ranking and we don’t like it, but it’s better not to look at it because it’s an untrue ranking. In January we won’t be where we are now”.
23:05
Mourinho and the three strikers
Anchor Mou to Dazn: “Playing with three more attacking players is not easy for us and our players. We have three real strikers and I like them all. Azmoun did not play because he is not in a condition to play these types of matches. The only one who can be the third attacker is El Shaarawy or Pellegrini. Pellegrini was on the bench with us more to stimulate, he had only done one training session with us yesterday. And we are more of a team when we are all well. Our proposal will basically be with more midfielders on the pitch. We have improved a lot on building from the ground up. Paredes gives a different quality to the team. Cristante plays in another position, I really like how he fits in, like in the action in which he took the post. He is the player who can do it when we don’t have Renato Sanches. I’m disappointed with the result, but I don’t mind the individual and collective growth of the players, I’m satisfied with the boys“.
23:03
Mourinho a Dazn
Mourinho introduces himself to Dazn’s microphones: “Why didn’t we win? Because we conceded a goal from a dead ball. It’s difficult to play against Torino. It’s difficult for teams that have this type of game, with this physicality. We played a good match in my opinion, it’s not easy to play with these opponents. Then there was the pitch which in comparison to the Olimpico in Rome seems like a catwalk, compared to this, I swear I will no longer criticize our pitch. We have players. Paredes type. who until a few weeks ago didn’t have 15 minutes on their legs. N’Dicka and Kristensen arrived and had a very positive performance. In my opinion it was a good match, but clearly we can improve and we can always do better. Difficult match for us and very difficult for them too. The feeling is of having two points lost, because this is what you feel when you concede a goal from a dead ball at the end. But great opponent, they have been preparing for this match for a week. I’m sad about the result but I’m not sad about the players“.
23:00
Lukaku is not enough
Roma failed to win despite Lukaku’s new goal: goal number 59 for the Belgian in 100 Serie A games.
22:45
Mourinho’s words soon
José Mourinho will soon speak on television and at a press conference.
Torino
2023-09-24 21:20:00
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