Jose Mourinho has warned his Roma aspect to beware the risk posed by defending Serie A champions Napoli forward of their conflict on the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday night time.
Walter Mazzarri’s males suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Frosinone within the Coppa Italia in midweek so as to add to a testing marketing campaign which has left them 14 factors off the tempo.
Regardless of final week’s loss at Bologna which ended a run of 5 home video games unbeaten, Mourinho’s males will leapfrog Napoli within the desk in the event that they handle to assert all three factors.
However Mourinho warned the guests are nonetheless a lot the identical aspect who swept to the title final season, excluding star man Kim Min-jae – a summer time signing for Bayern Munich – and departed coach Luca Spalletti.
Mourinho advised a press convention: “They’ve had issues when it comes to a number of outcomes, however not the standard of their gamers.
“They’re the identical crew that received the league final 12 months, with out Kim. Out of the beginning 11 that received them the Scudetto, 10 are nonetheless taking part in.
“They’ve so many choices in each place and so they’re a prime crew. We all know what the difficulties are. Each time we’ve confronted Napoli, the outcome has at all times gone all the way down to the wire.”
Napoli had proven indicators of turning their season round in current weeks after ending a run of two straight losses by reaching the following stage of the Champions League then beating Cagliari final week.
However Tuesday’s residence loss, which noticed Frosinone inflict a lot of the injury after Napoli had launched stars together with Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia off the bench, left Mazzarri perplexed.
“Maybe the first-choice gamers aren’t accustomed to coming off the bench and absurdly we did higher with the lads who don’t play as typically,” Mazzarri advised Italian media.
“We have to replicate on that. It’s a pity – you’ll be able to lose in soccer, however not 4-0. We seemed like everybody was simply doing their very own factor.
“I hope this is usually a lesson for the long run, as from tomorrow we should all look one another within the eye and alter gear.”
