Roma, Jose Mourinho defends himself after expulsion

Roma, José Mourinho defends himself after expulsion

Here are the words of José Mourinho after Roma’s painful 1-0 victory over Monza with El Shaarawy’s goal in the 90’, the Setubal technician è was ejected by’referee Ayroldi, according to whom he mocked the opponent’s bench during the convulsive minutes of recovery.

"I think they did not deserve to lose. I’m happy for the 3 points, becauseé I saw my team always in difficulty – Mourinho said, quotes quoted by the Gazzetta dello Sport website -. Technically we made a lot of mistakes, physically we were suffering. The national team traveled a lot. We won with heart. They have a good coach and good players, but we did everything to get to the win. Two goals? Yes; but they also had chances to score. It's been a game of low technical level but very exciting".

"Without Dybala and Pellegrini  Mou continued – we lack the link between midfield and attack. I looked for him with Aouar but he has a different profile. With two pure strikers none of whom go down, è it&#39s more difficult for us, they have closed in, they have experienced center-backs, Pablo Mari è a tree lì in the middle. They have fast people from the bench, Vignato did very well, he created so many difficulties for us. We made opposite choices, risking to win, we lost compactness and they were good and creative.

“È it was very hard, when I saw Azmoun’s post I thought we would not win it, but El Shaarawy has feeling with the goal in the final minutes. A draw at home with Monza in ten would have been a bad result. Have I been close to Stephan these days? The relationship with my players è always true, even when I criticize them I am direct. With me è better an ugly truth than a beautiful lie".

"Whyé did they expel me? I don&#39t know maybe because I shushed and made them sign that they were crying, but there was no offensive word. Last year after a very good game in Monza good but inexperienced people had bad words against us. Today the show and pressure on referee they did it. What I had to say to them I told them, more honest than that.