Already dismissed, and with Daniele De Rossi named the new coach of Roma, Portuguese José Mourinho left the Trigoria sports city and said goodbye to the thirty fans who came to the outskirts of the Italian capital to thank the Setubal native for these two seasons and half.
“Thank you for these two years,” Mourinho said from the car to the fans who came to Trigoria to say goodbye to their now former coach, thank him for what he had achieved and wish him the best.
Some fans who, before seeing Mourinho for the last time, were surprised by the club’s decision to fire the coach who won the Conference League in 2022, in which it was the first European final after 31 years and the first title since 2008, and who led the team to the final of the Europa League last season.
“I didn’t like the decision because he is a great person, but unfortunately the results never came and when they don’t come the coach changes, it’s normal. It happens to other coaches too,” he told Sergio, a 70-year-old veteran Romanista fan who He went to say goodbye to the coach this morning. “We hope that De Rossi turns the ship around, we will see what happens,” he added.
I didn’t believe it, it’s a wrong decision
Federico, younger, acknowledged that he received the news much worse: “I received the news very badly, this morning I opened Instagram and the first news was that of Mourinho. I didn’t believe it. It’s a wrong board decision, they use the ‘mister’ as a scapegoat to cover up the rest of the problems: it is a team without a project and Mourinho cannot work miracles,” declared the fan.
This same afternoon, at 5:00 p.m. (CET), Daniele De Rossi is scheduled to lead his first training session on his return to Roma, where he played his entire career, except for the last season he played with the Argentine Boca Juniors shirt.
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Capello charges against the Roma board
The division of opinions among the fans regarding Mourinho’s departure has no place, however, for another veteran of the bench, Fabio Capello, an Italian coach who also coached the capital team.
“I believe that these American companies (Roma is owned by the American Friedkin family) work without respecting the people with whom they collaborate. We saw it in Milan with Paolo Maldini and now in Trigoria (Roma’s sports city) with Mourinho,” he declared. Capello on ‘Sky Sports Italia’.
They have had no respect
“That something was not working in their relationship was clear from the fact that they did not respond to his desire to continue. They have had no respect and we are talking about one of the most important coaches in history,” added the former ‘Loba coach. ‘.
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