Jose Mourinho leaves fans baffled after refusing to celebrate Roma’s winning goal against Juventus
He barely blinked! José Mourinho leaves fans stunned after refusing to celebrate Roma’s winning goal against Juventus… as the former Tottenham manager continues writing notes as Gianluca Mancini’s goal sends the players into ecstasy.
- Jose Mourinho left fans baffled after he apparently refused to celebrate
- Gianluca Mancini scored just before the hour mark to give Roma the lead
- They held on to claim a 1-0 victory and in the process climb to fourth place.
Jose Mourinho left fans baffled after he apparently refused to celebrate Roma’s goal against Juventus over the weekend.
Gianluca Mancini’s goal in the 53rd minute sent the Stadio Olimpico into a wild ecstasy, with players and fans alike running in various directions as if it had been a goal to the death.
The Portuguese, however, kept his cool effortlessly as even his coaching staff ran past him to join in the joyous festivities.
With Tammy Abraham preparing to enter the fray, Roma picked up the ball down the right before feeding it to Mancini.
Lining him up at a slight angle, Mancini hit him hard and low, as he sped past Wojciech Szczesny to provoke scenes of ecstasy in Rome.
José Mourinho barely celebrated the – eventual – victory of his team against Roma on Sunday
The Roma manager saw Gianluca Mancini send a wonderful shot into the bottom corner
Although it did little to distract him from his notes that he was discussing with his assistant
Roma’s own social media account posted the video side by side, along with the caption: ‘You had the same reaction, right? Let’s go Rome’, followed by a laughing emoji.
Two men who were unfazed by the goal, however, were Mourinho and his goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos.
Abraham, who moments earlier had been receiving instructions from his coach and Santos before they split up to write notes, sped past Mourinho and onto the pitch.
Meanwhile, Roma’s ‘Mourinho cam’ showed him briefly looking up to catch the goal before bowing his head again to discuss more tactical matters with his assistant.
The video somehow shows the duality of the man, with Mourinho having previously built a reputation for himself as one of football’s most vociferous and notable celebrators.
He first came to the English football consciousness in 2004 when he ran down the touchline at Old Trafford with his trench coat billowing behind him as Costinha equalized with a last-gasp free-kick in the Champions League to send Porto away.
Indeed, in England his initial spell with Chelsea was marked by a variety of rather daring and extravagant celebrations.
They included calmly walking down the touchline at the Millennium Stadium to “shut up” the Liverpool supporters, or the moment he shook hands with their bench at Highbury with around 10 minutes remaining as an indication that he thought , or knew, that the game was up. up for the hosts.
Fans got a kick out of Mourinho’s antics on social media.
‘Forever my favorite trainer,’ wrote one.
“A reaction started the match at 3-6-1 with no striker so scored with a defender then took down both of his attackers and defended them more than the first,” wrote one follower, followed by the goat emoji.
Roma are mounting a serious and credible challenge to get into the Champions League places at the end of the season.
Mourinho greets Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri before the clash on Sunday night.
“Mourinho is so cold,” wrote another.
While one, accompanied by the hashtag TheSpecialOne, pointed to ‘the other level’, which roughly translates to ‘it’s another level’.
Roma fans, despite their downfall in stocks, have embraced Mourinho and have never lost faith that he is the right man for them.
His supporters can often be heard chanting his name on the pitch, and with Juventus in dire straits after receiving a points deduction and AC Milan in free fall, they have a real chance of qualifying for the Champions League this season. .