After a strong start in Serie A, with three wins and a draw (1-1 at Juventus) and with a record of six goals scored and only one conceded, Jose Mourinho’s AS Roma had a night to forget in Udine. defensive errors, which the opponent took advantage of to build an expressive triumph.
After just five minutes, Udogie took advantage of Roma’s lack of concentration and opened the scoring by defeating Portuguese Rui Patrício, goalkeeper in the Italian main team and who also contributed to the opponent’s defeat.
In a second half that was to become a nightmare for Mourinho, Patrício let in a shot from the middle of the street from the German Samardzic in the 56th minute and in the 75th minute he was awakened too late by a ball that seemed defensible by the Argentine. Pereyra, at a time when Beto was already on the field with Udinese (deployed in the 63′).
The result was already tough for AS Roma, but even more so when Slovenian Lovric scored the fourth goal in the 82nd minute.
This means that José Mourinho’s team, which shared the lead with Atalanta at the beginning of this round, is in fifth place, with 10 points, equal to Udinese and the team from Bergamo, which guarantees the isolated command if they are in the second on the Monza pitch, classified last with nil.
“I’d rather lose 4-0 once than 1-0 four times, we lost at least three points instead of twelve. Of course it’s difficult [digerir o resultado], but now we have to move on. If you lose 4-0, you can’t blame the referee, but when we saw who he was, we realized he was in perfect harmony with Udinese. He’s an artist,” Mourinho shot at the end of the match.
What is certain is that Naples and AC Milan, the current champions, will spend the night at the top of Serie A, both with 11 points. Highlight for Verona’s first triumph, who, with Miguel Veloso in the ‘eleven’, received and defeated Sampdoria 2-1, one of six teams without triumphs in this league start.
Another of these teams is Bologna, who drew (2-2) at Spezia, a situation that still hasn’t stopped Arnautovic from leading the list of the best scorers in Serie A for now with five goals, his entire team. The Austrian striker scored twice in today’s game.
Source: DN
