Roma head coach Jose Mourinho remained positive after seeing his side the Giallorossi thrash Udinese 4-0, but still criticized the match referee.
What did Jose Mourinho say?
Sandi Lovric, Roberto Pereyra, Lazar Samardzic and Destiny Udogie were all on target as Udinese passed Jose’s Giallorossi to move up to fourth in the league table.
Head coach Roma said after the match that his explanation was that it was a difficult game, a difficult opponent who knows how to play this kind of game. According to Jose Mourinho, he prefers to lose one match 4-0 than four matches 1-0. The Portuguese manager says it’s hard for them and the fans to swallow, but that’s life, they have one more game on Thursday and are moving forward.
Jose Mourinho added on the match officials that when you lose 4-0 you can’t talk about the referee, but when they heard that he was the referee for the game, they realized that he was the perfect official for a team like Udinese to play at home. Jose Mourinho says that the artist of the match got the first yellow card, that’s it.
A little about the topic
Argentine player Paulo Dybala picked up the first match booking in the 45th minute and Italian footballer Lorenzo Pellegrini was then cautioned in the 52nd minute, leaving Jose furious. The Giallorossi were also denied appeals for punishment as they lost their 100 percent record at the start of the 2022-23 campaign.
It was only the third time in Jose’s career that his team lost by four goals or more. Previously, his Real Madrid lost 5-0 against Guardiola’s Barca in 2010 and then as the Red Devils’ boss lost 4-0 to the Blues Conte in 2016.
What will happen after that for the Giallorossi?
The Giallorossi will next play Ludogorets on September 8 in a Europa League group stage clash.