José Mourinho, coach of Roma, spoke to the media in his native language after the victory against Sassuolo (1-2) because of the controversy generated by his words before the match, on Saturday He assured that the referee Matteo Marcenaro did not have “enough emotional stability” for a match of this level.
The match between Sassuolo and Roma started on Saturday, when Mourinho announced in the press room that he was not comfortable with the elections for the field and VAR referees and his words about the Italian. Domenico Berardi, whom he accused of foul play.
His words made a difference the Italian Federation (FIGC) opened a file against him and the coach from Setubal responded today to questions from the press in Portuguese, feeling that he had been misinterpreted by his not-so-“polished” Italian.
Thanks to Roma for their support
“I want to thank the club because in the last 24 hours it has offered me its support and, therefore, the ’emotional stability’ that one needs to do this job. It’s been a hard fight, suffered and deserved victory, because even if we are at a disadvantage we are better. I am happy for the players,” he said, in Portuguese, after the game to the DAZN microphones.
“Now I speak in Portuguese because my Italian is not polished enough to express some concepts, like in emotional stability, which is a great and necessary quality to perform at the highest level”, Mourinho taught.
He hit Berardi again and congratulated the referee
Furthermore, he attacked Berardi again: “To those who complained (about the Sassuolo bench) I’m just saying that to receive fair play you also have to give.”
In a press conference, also in Portuguese, He congratulated the referee for his work, a “great performance, better than the others” that he saw. However, Mourinho made the perfect move as Roma took advantage of Napoli’s subsequent defeat against Inter (0-3) to move past them into fourth place on goal difference and eliminate a Champions League spot.
Source: La Verdad
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