José Mourinho explained the shameful defeat but didn’t spare his charges

AS Roma under Jose Mourinho suffered a shocking 1-6 defeat at the hands of Norwegian team Bodo/Glimt. At a press conference, the Portuguese coach explained why the defeat was so shameful.

It was the Portuguese coach’s 1008th match, and he had never experienced such a heavy defeat before. The Norwegian leader outplayed the current fourth team of the Italian Serie A in all aspects and the best player of the match was Erik Botheim, who managed to score two goals and assist his teammates three times.

”The responsibility has to go to me. I put players in the game who otherwise don’t play much. I decided to make these changes and let some players rest. I wanted to give a chance to those who work hard but don’t get much into the game,” Mourinho began at the post-match press conference.

”If I could, we would still play with the same eleven, but that’s impossible. I took a risk, but I trusted them, unfortunately they didn’t have the quality. I’ve told them everything straight, at least now they know why they don’t play so often.”

“We lost to an opponent who had more quality than us. It’s as simple as that.”

Lorenzo Pellegrini, the Roma captain, also commented on the match. All I can do is apologize. We have to get to work and work to improve. In the cabin we said what we need to change.

The opponent gave us a big slap in the face, which we have to learn from. That slap from the opponent was well deserved. It’s a big embarrassment, but we will learn from it and play much better.”

While Mourinho and his charges have a lot to make up for, the Norwegian team can celebrate a fantastic achievement. AS Roma will have a chance for a rematch against Bodo/Glimt on Nov. 4, when a rematch between the two teams is played in Italy.

Source: AS Roma