Four days before the Roman derby, the Special One hits back at the Biancocelesti coach, who had marked Roma’s Europa League match against Slavia Prague as a ‘friendly’.
Roma can qualify for the knockout stage if they beat Slavia tomorrow, but the Derby with Lazio is also a hot topic in Prague, and the jabs between the 2 ‘Roman’ coaches are not lacking.
SARRI’S REPLY
José Mourinho didn’t get too worked up after Maurizio Sarri’s recent statements, as he gets straight to the point: ‘Is the match with Slavia just another friendly game, as Sarri said? If anyone should feel offended, it’s Slavia, the people of Prague, not me. It means Slavia lacks quality; I always respect our opponents.”
“The difference between a coach who has won 26 titles and one who has won a few is precisely this mentality. Every match is serious, every match needs to be played, there are no friendlies. I would like to hear the league’s response because he criticized them too. I’m waiting.‘
AGAINST SLAVIA
Then Mou returns to analyse the match against the Czech team. “For me, the most important game of my life is the next one, which is this one, always. I’ve thought this way since I became a professional.
Will it be a tougher match than the one in Rome? If you score in the first minute, as we did in the first leg, games simply change, and after 20 minutes, we were up 2-0, and in control. But Slavia are a strong team, they have quality players, do well in both defensive and offensive phases, they have a good coach, and the environment is nice.”
