At the debut of the Giallorossi in the Europa League on a field below any standard: the Uzbek finds the 1-1 in the final, but two minutes later here is the mockery signed by Nonato
Another round, another defeat. The second in four days, after the fool of Udine. To understand if this one or that of last Sunday hurts more, considering that this time Roma capitulate (2-1) in front of modest opponents like the Bulgarians of Ludogorets. On balance, the Giallorossi would not even have deserved defeat, but the defensive amnesia made the difference. Yet Mourinho’s men had also managed to equalize the game with Shomurodov, a little from the end, but then they let themselves be stabbed once again by Nonato (the Bulgarian advantage had been scored instead by Cauly), thus returning home with the second knockout consecutive.
Terrible field
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Mourinho changes little, if not the external players (who have alternated since the beginning of the season), the goalkeeper (Svilar) and the central striker (Belotti). After all, with five players in the pits for injuries there are few more choices to make. In addition there is an impossible field, which certainly does not allow you to play at your best. And in fact, Roma struggled to build the game, which was slow and staid for a long time. So much so that after just 4 minutes of play he already risks capitulating, with Despodov (the best of him) to go away to Mancini and to offer Tekpetey an easy ball that is easy to push only into goal, with the Ghanaian who arrives late, however. . Shortly after there is a clear penalty for Verdon’s foul on Pellegrini which is not granted, therefore a huge effort in making the challenge a football match. Despite the pitch, however, the greatest Giallorossi quality comes out at a distance, with Mourinho’s team that from 34 ‘to 38’ becomes dangerous on 4 occasions (including the post hit by Mancini with his head). Leading the Giallorossi assault is Pellegrini, while Belotti (at his absolute debut in the European cup groups) often runs in vain, still out of condition.
Defensive amnesia
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Yet the recovery had started well, with Dybala and Pellegrini exchanging favors and assists and both becoming dangerous. With Ludogorets that had lowered the center of gravity, almost resigned to defending a 0-0 that already seemed gold for the home team. And instead in the middle of the second half the first Giallorossi defensive amnesia kicked off Cauly’s goal (with Ibanez leaving the position and opening the decisive space in the line), then repeated in the final by another mistake by the Brazilian, who does not keep Nonato in 2 -1.
In the middle, Shomurodov’s equalizer with a header, Mourinho who goes to 4-2-3-1 to try to resume the game and a couple of important occasions for Roma: Camara’s shot saved on the line by Nedyalkov and a Pellegrini’s header out with a sure shot. Mourinho finally chews bitter, losing like this still hurts.
September 8, 2022 (change September 9, 2022 | 00:12)
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