Jose Mourinhotechnician of the Romaassured this Sunday that he felt “very happy for Carles Pérez” after the match against Salernitana (2-1), bottom of the championship, in which the Spanish player equalized with a left-footed shot from the edge of the box that started the comeback at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
“I am very happy for Carles Pérez. He is a good boy, who works very hard. This season he hasn’t really had the chance because of the system we’re playing, but this time, in the situation we were in, with the qualities he has, I put him in an attacking position.”
“I am delighted, because it is a goal that changed the game completely and gave us the opportunity to win it at the end,” he added.
The man from Setubal justified that his team had a hard time beating the bottom of Serie A: “The team was tired because playing Thursday and Sunday is not easy.. Gasperini (Atalanta coach) knows it well. The victory is deserved for how we wanted to win despite the difficulties.
Mourinho Y Nicola Davide, the Salernitana coach, had their ups and downs during the tense match. The Portuguese apologized at a press conference for the behavior of his bench. “A person on my bench said ‘Now go to Serie B’. His bench was not happy with this and reacted, I apologized for the one who said it,” he said.
Roma are now fifth, five points behind Juventus’ Champions League spots. Mou rules out overtaking the ‘Vecchia Signora’. “No, we are not in conflict. ‘Juve’ is too strong to lose so many points. However, there is still a nice championship from fifth to seventh with Fiorentina, Lazio and Atalanta”, he stated.
This Thursday, the Roma their pass to the Conference League semifinals is played against the Norwegian Bodo after the 2-1 defeat in the first leg. “Maybe our players need to take a little more responsibility to deliver for our fans, because they are so special. It’s really unbelievable. Knowing that the stadium will be full on Thursday for the game is fantastic,” he said.