The apprentice cannot be with his teacher. Just for now. José Mourinho took the first round against Xabi Alonso by striking at Rome in Bayer Leverkusen to get a little closer to the final in Budapest (1-0). The Portuguese coach imposed his hierarchy against what was his loyal squire at Real Madrid, who is now teaching ways as a coach in his first experience at the elite and taking a important lesson of his first confrontation with the Portuguese: you have to do very well to beat the ‘old fox’ of Mou.
Pragmatic match that took place at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, where the ‘giallorossi’ overcame the many casualties they had to win thanks to a Edoardo Bove’s only goal in the second half (62′). The hinano and the dregs of Mourinho destroys the audacity and inexperience of alonso.
Emotional hug between technicians
The warm initial hug between the two coaches showed a lot of attention in between Rome and Leverkusen is on the bench. However, all kindness and friendship are parked when the ball starts rolling.
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Rome: Rui Patricio; Mancini, Cristante, Ibanez; Celik, Bove (Wijnaldum, m.76), Matic, Spinazzola; Pellegrini; Abraham and Belotti (Dybala, m.76).
Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky; Kossounou (Bakker, m.36), Tapsoba, Tah; Frimpong, Palacios, Andrich (Amiri, m.93), Diin; Diaby (Adli, m.72), Wirtz; Hlozek (Azmoun, m.72).
The objectives: 1-0, m.63: Bove.
Referee: Michael Oliver (ENG). He showed a yellow card to Mancini (m.57), Abraham (m.76), Ibáñez (m.89), Spinazzola (m.93) of Roma; and Andrich (m.50), Diaby (m.57), Tah (m.58) by Leverkusen.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the first leg of the Europa League semifinals, played at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
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Maybe because xabi he wanted to show his teacher, the Bayer Leverkusen The meeting started in a bold way and is enjoying a golden opportunity to assert itself. But that expected blow was not, because Andrich He finished in the center after unbalancing Hincapié on the left wing. neither Florian Wirtz, escapist from Leverkusen, had enough of the goal after avoiding several Italian players. His kick came out brushing the post for a Roma who couldn’t have been more surprised.
He begins to play the Capitol box and launches the first warning in a whiteboard play, with Roger Ibáñez nods at point blank range a long foul by Pellegrini. hradeckyLeverkusen’s goalkeeper, used his reflexes to deflect the ball when the goal was on the line.
Unpretentious and true to Mourinho’s demands, Roma controlled the game to stay out of trouble and when it looked clear they jumped at Leverkusen’s jugular. Bove stole the ball, leaned on Abraham and rounded off the game, taking advantage of the goalkeeper’s rejection of the Englishman’s shot (62′). Mourinian pragmatism in its purest form.
Despite half an hour of play remaining, Roma put the match in the fridge and little to nothing happened except for a save from Cristante to Frimpong over the goal line.
Xabi Alonso tried, but Mourinho showed his stripes by leading the tie.
Source: La Verdad
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