Jose Mourinho stated Roma deserved to pay for a “horrible” first-half efficiency in Wednesday’s shock 2-1 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat in opposition to Cremonese.
Cremonese – who’re with out a win in Serie A this season – took a two-goal lead in Rome via Cyriel Dessers’ penalty and Zeki Celik’s personal aim, earlier than holding on after Andrea Belotti pulled one again late on.
Having additionally shocked Napoli within the earlier spherical, Cremonese turned the first promoted Serie A aspect to achieve the Coppa Italia’s last 4 since Cagliari within the 2004-05 marketing campaign.
Mourinho made a outstanding quadruple substitution at half-time after storming down the tunnel early, and he stated the Giallorossi might haven’t any complaints following their dire begin.
“Congratulations to Cremonese. They have achieved two great victories against Napoli and Roma, it’s a strange cup that favours small teams, they have even more merit for this,” he stated.
“They are deservedly within the semi-final, we pay for a horrible first half, of a low stage.
“I can say that this squad struggles with rotation, with three matches in per week, however let’s take into consideration this single match, and within the first half we deserved to pay the worth.
“Football is like this, this occurs with the highest groups and with the smaller groups. In Naples [in Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Napoli] we deserved extra and for this I used to be proud, even after the defeat.
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— U.S. Cremonese (@USCremonese) February 1, 2023
“Today I can’t say, others can remark. My job is to consider the subsequent sport.
“After more than a thousand games as a coach, I prefer to be objective and say that we played badly and we paid. We are a team and I don’t want to make a single person responsible.”
Mourinho was additionally requested about Nicolo Zaniolo, who requested to be welcomed again into the fold through an open letter on Wednesday after requesting a transfer throughout the January switch window.
Having described the probability of Zaniolo remaining on the Stadio Olimpico as “unfortunate” final week, Mourinho was unwilling to debate the 23-year-old’s future, saying: “The ownership was very clear and I won’t make any kind of comment.”
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