Mercilessly bashes his own players again
Jose Mourinho said he was ‘ashamed’ of Roma’s first-half display at Juventus
The legendary manager said it was ‘pure luck’ that his team only conceded once
Mourinho also lamented his lack of options from the bench due to injuries
Roma claimed a point against Juventus thanks to a Tammy Abraham equaliser
A bad workman always quarrels with his tools. In the case of Roma boss-Jose Mourinho- his gripe is often with his own players whenever the results of his handiwork let him down.
Mourinho has expressed his disappointment with his players’ performance against Juventus, despite Roma coming away from the Allianz arena with a point, Adrian Bishop writes for Mailonline.
After an unbeaten start to the season, the former Chelsea boss’ team were handed their toughest test of the campaign so far in the form of a trip to Massimiliano Allegri’s Juventus.
The game could not have got off to a worse start for Mourinho’s side, after Dusan Vlahovic struck a fantastic free-kick to give the home team the lead after just two minutes.
Juventus looked to have doubled their lead after 25 minutes through Manuel Locatelli, but the goal was ruled out by VAR due to handball in the buildup, and Mourinho’s team clung on to go into the break with a one goal deficit.
Although Tammy Abraham’s second-half equaliser would ultimately secure a point for Roma, Jose Mourinho expressed his disappointment in his team’s performance following the final whistle.
‘I told my players at half-time that I was ashamed of them. It wasn’t a tactical issue, it was their attitude. We can’t come here and play like this. I was telling Salvatore (Foti) on the bench, pray that it’s only 1-0. Because losing 1-0 is a fantastic result after that first half performance and we were very fortunate.’ Mourinho explained to DAZN after the game.
We did absolutely nothing, it was pure luck. It was a very different team in the second half, although unfortunately I didn’t have many options to bring off the bench, with Zaniolo and Wijnaldum injured.’
Despite the manager’s frustrations with his team’s lacklustre start, the Europa Conference League champions Roma, now sit joint-top of Serie A, and are still to lose this season.
Roma will look to continue their positive start to the campaign when they host Serie A new boys Monza on Tuesday.
