Mourinho: “Lazio played a cynical game. In England they would get up in the middle of the game …”

Intercepted by the microphones of Radio Rai after the derby lost against Lazio, José Mourinho he analyzed his team’s performance in this way: “We are a team. I don’t want to talk about an isolated episode, I refuse to do so. We are a team, if a player makes a fundamental mistake, defeat remains everyone’s responsibility.”

Did you expect such a working-class Lazio?
“Yes, I was expecting a working-class Lazio, which defended itself well. The players had a clear strategy: to delay the game and to reduce the time as much as possible. They did it well: in Latin countries this is considered a cynical game, in England people go home halfway through the game. We dominated and did more, even if there was no light up front. “