Jose Mourinho has warned his Roma facet to beware the menace posed by defending Serie A champions Napoli forward of their conflict on the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday evening.
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 say all three factors.
However Mourinho warned the guests are nonetheless a lot the identical facet 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 staff that received the league final yr, with out Kim. Out of the beginning 11 that received them the Scudetto, 10 are nonetheless enjoying.
“They’ve so many choices in each place and so they’re a high staff. 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 latest weeks after ending a run of two straight losses by reaching the subsequent stage of the Champions League then beating Cagliari final week.
However Tuesday’s house 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 are usually not 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 mirror on that. It’s a pity – you’ll be able to lose in soccer, however not 4-0. We appeared like everybody was simply doing their very own factor.
“I hope this could be a lesson for the long run, as from tomorrow we should all look one another within the eye and alter gear.”
