Manager has done many good things in capital but defeat at Milan means Champions League looks out of reach again
“This is us, this is Roma,” said José Mourinho before his team’s game at Milan on Sunday. “You have the most incredible supporters I have ever seen in my life. And then you have a manager who, when people hear his name, they think it’s José Harry Mourinho Potter, not José Félix. The level of demand and expectation shoots up.”
He was attempting to reset the narrative after a midweek Coppa Italia defeat by Lazio, perhaps his lowest moment since taking over the club in summer 2021. Roma’s league form had collapsed, with just one win in their previous five matches seeing them fall behind in the race for Champions League places, and now they had lost their shortest path to winning a trophy. None of that mattered as much as having dropped another derby.
Continue reading…Manager has done many good things in capital but defeat at Milan means Champions League looks out of reach again“This is us, this is Roma,” said José Mourinho before his team’s game at Milan on Sunday. “You have the most incredible supporters I have ever seen in my life. And then you have a manager who, when people hear his name, they think it’s José Harry Mourinho Potter, not José Félix. The level of demand and expectation shoots up.”He was attempting to reset the narrative after a midweek Coppa Italia defeat by Lazio, perhaps his lowest moment since taking over the club in summer 2021. Roma’s league form had collapsed, with just one win in their previous five matches seeing them fall behind in the race for Champions League places, and now they had lost their shortest path to winning a trophy. None of that mattered as much as having dropped another derby. Continue reading…
