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Humiliated by Juventus, Jose Mourinho was angry to insult AS Roma players: Okezone Bola

ROMA – AS Roma coach, Jose Mourinho very annoyed with the players after being defeated Juventus 3-4 in the match of week 21 of the Italian League 2021-2022 on Monday (10/1/2022) early morning WIB. How could I not, had a 3-1 lead until the 60’s minute, then suddenly Rome just lost 3-4 at the end of the match.

Harsh words then came out of the mouth of the Portuguese coach after the game ended. He also insulted the Roma players who had a weak mentality because they could not maintain their advantage in the middle of the second half.

Roma took the lead through goals from Tammy Abraham (11′), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (48′) and Lorenzo Pellegrini (53′). However, Juventus managed to gain full points through goals from Paulo Dybala (18′), Manuel Locatelli (70′), Dejan Kulusevski (72′) and Mattia De Sciglio (77′).

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After being hit by the sad comeback, Mourinho was furious. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid coach said that his players were too good and had no mentality.

Unmitigated, Mourinho also said harsh words at the post-match press conference. The coach nicknamed The Special One said that his team was in a heap of dirt after failing to maintain their lead.

“In the end, when you’re in the middle of a pile of shit. You can just get up and show your character. But there are a group of people in our dressing room who are too good, mentally weak,” said Mourinho.

“I told the players if they managed to kill the game in the 70th minute it would be a great performance. Unfortunately that didn’t happen,” added Mourinho.

Furthermore, Mourinho also expressed his regret for pulling out his young player, Felix Afena-Gyan and entering Eldor Shomurudov in the 71st minute. According to him, the 18-year-old player played well and did not deserve to be replaced.

“We played well for 70 minutes, then there was a mental breakdown when it was 3-2. Felix played incredible. I replaced it, it made everything go wrong.”

AS Roma vs Juventus

With this result, Roma is stuck in seventh place with a collection of 32 points, 10 wins, two draws and nine defeats. Juventus is still in fifth place in the Italian League standings, collecting 38 points, 11 wins, five draws and five defeats.

Of course, the defeat adds to the bad trend that is currently being felt by AS Roma. It is noted that Mourinho’s troops have not tasted victory in their last three matches in the 2021-2022 Italian League.

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