Conference League
Mourinho: ‘Roma played with fitesse, Lazio smoked cigarettes with sari’
Jose Mourinho congratulated the Roma players on the character they showed against Fitesse and qualifying for the Conference League 8 while also throwing in his shot for Lazio in anticipation of the Eternal City’s upcoming derby.
Fitesse had an unimaginable difficulty for Roma on Thursday night at the “Olimpico” after scoring first and equalizing the result of the first game (1-0 win for the Italians in Arnhem), but Jalorosi with Tami Ibrahim kept it in the end Beste scored in the 90th minute after an assist from Carsdorp to make it 1-1 and thus secured his team’s entry into the quarter-finals of the Europa Conference League.
In the game’s final, Jose Mourinho praised the character of his players while ensuring Sunday’s Derby della Capitale was even warmer, stressing that while his own side played, his opponents Lazio were resting. at a time when it no longer has any European obligations.
“We wanted to win, we didn’t play for a draw. We had a few days to work on the game but we prepared it to win.”
Fitese has a great coach and I feel sorry for them but that’s how knockout games are, one folds and the other goes home.
From our overall performance in both games we deserved qualification.”Mourinho first explained, adding meaningfully: “I’m glad we went to the next stage but I’m not convinced that we played and Lazio were at home unlike us.
“Sari is home tonight and he’s smoking and I’m going home now to rest before we start thinking about the derby.”
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