De Rossi has succeeded Mourinho as Roma coach: according to some, the Portuguese has not escaped a trap set for him.
Ivan Zazzaroni, editor of Corriere dello Sport, spoke to the microphones of TvPlay to tell how he experienced the news of Jose Mourinho’s exoneration. Zazza is one of the journalists closest to the Special One, and who has always defended him from the harshest criticism.
“I experienced yesterday’s day with bitterness,” he revealed. “I knew this exoneration would come, but I hoped it would not happen at this time: set a trap for him that worked at the moment. I hope De Rossi will make it. He certainly deserves this chance. Mourinho failed to avoid the trap, but there was absurd treatment of him.”
According to Zazzaroni, Mourinho was always left alone: “The club never protected him in terms of image. There was a very strange relationship with the presidency, almost nonexistent. The team did not have exceptional technical content, but good. Smalling was never there. Spinazzola is out of contract. Pellegrini is down and Dybala is always injured. So Mou has always worked on the nerves and emotional charge of the team. It may not be pleasant, I realize that… “
Zazzaroni suspects that the referees have been pretty harsh on the Portuguese lately: “The last three referee designations against Roma were Rapuano, Aureliano and Orsato, with the latter you never won a derby. In my opinion there is someone who has taken a burden off himself. I have seen much heavier criticism of referees.”
Nonetheless, even according to the Corriere editor, Mourinho is to blame: “The attitude in the last game was absurd, then Lazio deserved to win… You can’t always send Mourinho forward as a lightning rod, also exposing him to figures you don’t like: there’s the trap. “
The trap set for Mourinho: “He remains an incredible character “
The interviewee went on to say that he has had very close relationships with many top coaches, but on the human and loyalty level he revealed that he has never met someone like Mourinho: “He is someone who coaches everyone. Yesterday in Trigoria 80 percent of the people were crying, some players looked like they had lost their mothers, except for those who played less. “
“Mou is an incredible character, he is not only a communicator but he is a great coach and man. Those who have worked with him have always spoken to me about him as a kind of guru.”
“The five recent exonerations must be motivated,” Zazzaroni concluded. “With Chelsea he asked for him to be kicked out; at Tottenham and Manchester United they were all exonerated, now at Spurs, the players were the key, it all goes from there… When a club comes along that will give him the right stimulus he will go back to work. “