Jose Mourinho – Football Flame

25Apr

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Mourinho laments Roma’s injuries after loss at Atalanta

Jose Mourinho, Head Coach of AS Roma looks on during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and AS Roma at Gewiss Stadium on April 24, 2023 in Bergamo, Italy.AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho bemoaned his fifth-placed side’s injury problems after two more players suffered problems in Monday’s costly 3-1 Serie A loss away to Atalanta. Defender Diego Llorente limped off in pain, while forward Paulo Dybala had trouble with his ankle after a heavy tackle. “We ended the match with nine men and still hit the upright, which would have been 3-2. It is very, very difficult for me to be critical of this squad. They play within their limits,” Mourinho told DAZN. The latest injuries add to the manager’s concerns as Rick Karsdorp, Chris Smalling and Georginio Wijnaldum are all sidelined at a time when...

21Apr

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EUROPA LEAGUE, Jose Mourinho, NEWS, UCL

Mourinho: ‘I’ve seen it all in Europe, Dybala found joy at Roma’

AS Roma player Paulo Dybala and coach Josè Mourinho during the UEFA Europa League quarterfinal second leg match between AS Roma and Feyenoord at Stadio Olimpico on April 20, 2023 in Rome, Italy.Jose Mourinho hails Roma for knocking Feyenoord out in extra time to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League semi-final, explains why he has ‘white hair and have seen it all’ and how Paulo Dybala rediscovered his joy. The Giallorossi had a battle on their hands at the Olimpico to overturn the 1-0 first leg deficit and were on the verge of elimination when Igor Paixao’s free header cancelled out the Leonardo Spinazzola opener. However, Dybala came off the bench and his fantastic control and turn forced extra time. Stephan El Shaarawy and Lorenzo Pellegrini – with a long VAR wait for the Tamm...

1Mar

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Roma boss Jose Mourinho blames fourth official for seeing red in Cremonese loss

Jose Mourinho, Head Coach of AS Roma, receives a red card from Referee Marco Piccinini during the Serie A match between US Cremonese and AS Roma at Stadio Giovanni Zini on February 28, 2023 in Cremona, Italy.A furious Jose Mourinho blamed the fourth official for being sent to the stands as his Roma side lost to previously winless Cremonese in Serie A. The Portuguese saw red for the third time this season just seconds into the second half of the match after clashing with the fourth official. Mourinho joined his assistant Salvatore Foti in the stands, with the latter serving a touchline ban himself for using insults when these two sides met in the Coppa Italia. Roma were trailing 1-0 at the time after Frank Tsadjout struck the hosts in the 17th minute. “I’m not crazy. For the rea...

7Nov

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Lazio, Juventus surge up Serie A ladder

Maurizio Sarri of SS Lazio hugs Jose Mourinho of AS Roma during the Serie A match between AS Roma and SS Lazio at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy on 6 November 2022.Jose Mourinho and Maurizio Sarri are going in opposite directions in their second Serie A seasons in the Italian capital.Roma are struggling to meet the higher expectations produced in Mourinho’s first term when the Giallorossi won the inaugural edition of the Europa Conference League.Lazio, meanwhile, are on the upswing as Sarri’s squad fine-tunes his intricate passing schemes.The difference was clear in the Rome derby on Sunday when Sarri’s Lazio edged Mourinho’s Roma 1-0 with an early goal from Felipe Anderson to leapfrog their city rivals and move up to third place.“This is one of the most intense derbies in the world. In Lond...