Jose Mourinho’s honeymoon period at AS Roma is well past, with the capital club in trouble after a 3-2 loss by Venezia on Sunday and their Portuguese manager holding the familiar.
Mourinho enjoyed a strong start to life in Rome, winning six games in a row in all competitions, but performances have since declined and the 58-year-old has criticized his players, Roma’s transfers and referees.
He said after the defeat at Venice that “this is not a year to dream big”, complaining that his squad is unbalanced and “when you lose a player to injury or suspension, you have to invent something.” “
The squad’s lack of depth is already a familiar complaint, but there were some excuses for the result.
Venezia, promoted from Serie B last season, are fighting relegation and started the day with the worst attack in the league.
Roma were the first team to lose to Paolo Zanetti three times this season, and did so after holding a 2–1 halftime lead.
The result dropped the Gialorosi to sixth place, with one win from their last seven matches in all competitions and four points from their last five league matches.
The Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport described Roma as a ‘freefall’.
Their report highlighted that Roma’s average points and goals scored fell from 3 and 3.1 in their first six matches, respectively, to 0.8 and 1.3 in their last six, while the average goals scored per game over that period increased from 0.4. 2.3 is done.
MOU MOANS
The Venezia blow was not Mourinho’s first embarrassment.
Last month, Roma suffered a 6-1 loss to second-line Roma at Bodo/Glimt in the UEFA Conference League.
“If I could pick the same players every time, but it’s a risk. There is a difference in quality between one group of players and another,” Mourinho said after the game in Norway.
Mourinho later dropped five players introduced in Norway – Brian Reynolds, Marash Kumbula, Amadou Diavara, Gonzalo Villar and Borja Meyerl – for a 0–0 draw with Napoli, leaving the youth instead. Filled his bench with players.
The coach was referred to referee complaints in that game, and has since tried to hold his tongue despite apparently furious with the umpiring in 2–1 defeats against AC Milan and Venezia.
He also took aim at the club’s summer transfer business, complaining that the signings were “reactive” and “the squad is no better than last year”.
This was despite net transfer expenses of around 100 million euros ($115.54 million), the highest in Italy.
familiar story
The parallels between Mourinho’s public outcry in Rome and his two previous jobs at Manchester United and Tottenham went unnoticed.
At Spurs, the manager was widely criticized for his treatment of Dele Alli, who was regularly left out of the team and made two league starts last season before Mourinho was sacked in April.
The Portuguese also said in February 2021 that Gareth Bale’s social media post said he had a good training session was “the contradiction of reality”.
At Manchester United, Mourinho repeatedly picked on Luke Shaw for criticism and his relationship with Paul Pogba broke up.
The Frenchman was stripped of vice-captaincy in September 2018, having been abandoned for crucial games ahead of the season, including a Champions League last-16 second leg defeat by Sevilla.
Mourinho has insisted he has three years to make the Roma project a success, but the club’s demanding fans will hope the slowdown will soon reverse, and a more positive atmosphere will return.
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