After the derby defeat, fans are questioning Roma’s future, from Friedkin’s intentions to Jose Mourinho’s mood.
Ivan Zazzaroni, editor-in-chief of Corriere dello Sport, spoke live on TvPlay’s microphones to talk about Roma and the Friedkin’s plans vis-a-vis Mourinho after a season that halfway through the year already looks like a failure.
According to Zazzaroni, Roma’s defeat against Lazio hurt more than the one AC Milan suffered against Atalanta. “What we don’t understand, for the past year and a half, is what intentions the Friedkins have towards Mourinho,” the journalist and Corriere direct commented. “To make a coach like him leave, yes expiring, with these difficulties and a non-market operated by Pinto seems to me a way to only create further complications.”
“Yesterday Roma showed for the umpteenth time that they are playing on nerves, because that is the only way they can play right now,” Zazzaroni continued. “The Friedkins are not present at the stadium and the sporting director has resigned. We are in a total fog and the results go to affect the general climate around the club.”
For the director, Mourinho is not to blame: “Roma made a market with zero parameters by targeting players like Aouar, Paredes and managing to get Lukaku only because Juve had deflected and there was no one else who wanted to take him. Yesterday Hujisen played with Mancini and Kristensen who is not even a central player. I am amazed that Jose is still on that bench. Someone like him doesn’t deserve to be humiliated with a team like that. “
Roma’s problems: “Friedkins not clear with Mourinho. “
In the analysis made by Zazzaroni, Roma is in perennial trouble because they only have quality in Dybala. “Pellegrini for a year has disappeared and Lukaku plays isolated because the midfield has no engine. Outfielders in today’s soccer are crucial and Mourinho has Karsdorp and Celik on one side, who wouldn’t even play in Serie B, Zalewski and what’s left of Spinazzola on the other. “
“After yesterday’s game I heard him,” Zazzaroni continued about Mourinho. “I found him strange and displaced by a situation that no top coach would accept. He has no intention of quitting despite having offers out there, but he hopes to stay because of the relationship he has with the team and the fans. He knows, however, that you can face a season without a market. For me it is mortifying to face this, but he has an uncommon courage and determination.”
“Roma has an obvious problem: they concede the fewest shots on goal of anyone in the league but the most individual errors in defense. This is a team that lives on nerves and goes off the rails depending on the moment. “