Rome started with more English players than Italian in the meeting with Juventus on Sunday.
Arsenal loaner Ainsley Maitland-Niles made his Roma debut as right wing back when the capital club hosted Juventus on Sunday.
Roma, who also had the Englishmen Chris Smalling and Tammy Abraham on the field, lost the match 3-4 after leading 3-1 until there were 20 minutes left.
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Maitland-Niles slaughters
The debut was not of the memorable kind for the 24-year-old, who gets his passport signed in the Italian media on Monday.
– Comes on the field with the suitcase in hand and a selection of mistakes and weak passes. It is no coincidence that he loses more balls than anyone else. Try again, writes Gazzetta dello Sport in its review of Maitland-Niles.
Tuttosport is not impressed either, and gives the loaned Arsenal player a rating of 4.5 – the lowest of all players on the field.
Corriere dello Sport believes the 24-year-old struggled to control Federico Chiesa and was to blame for two of the setbacks, while Football-Italia calls the debut “shocking”.
Mourinho out against the team – gets even criticism
José Mourinho did as he usually did after a tough defeat – threw the players under the bus.
– It was so good for 70 minutes, then came a mental collapse. The 3-2 goal killed us. Felix played an extraordinary match. I took him off and his replacement (Eldor Shomurodov) did everything wrong, Mourinho told Dazn.
– When we let them come back in the match with the 3-2 goal, the fear sets in. It goes on the psyche. It is not a problem for me that it will be 3-2, it is a problem for them – for my team, Mourinho continued.
However, the Italian press points out that Mourinho is responsible for the team not collapsing mentally.
– The Special One did not find the solution when Rome collapsed in the final minutes, writes the capital newspaper Corriere dello Sport, which gives the Portuguese a rating of 4.5.
In the Gazzetta dello Sport for the profiled coach grade 5/10.
Mourinho’s Roma are now in seventh place in Serie A, with nine points up to Atalanta in fourth place, which gives Champions League games next season.
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