Somehow, we all know it was bound to happen, but it just came too soon – Jose Mourinho is in crisis, again. When the Portuguese came back to Italy just a few months ago, he was seen as a savior, murals have been painted in his honor, Champions League was already around the corner, but now, after 12 rounds, Roma are worse than under his predecessor, Paul Fonseca. Statistic parameters are clear: Roma won 19 points after 12 rounds of Serie A, which means that Mourinho has five points less than his countrymen Paulo Fonseca last season after 12 games.José Mourinho al termine di #VeneziaRoma pic.twitter.com/4QrTdNJOtt— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) November 8, 2021 Mourinho took Roma as a long-term solution, signed a three-year contract and opened the match with six wins in seven games, but the car went downhill after the defeat by Lazio in September. Roma have five defeats so far this season, two more than Fonseca last season. A year ago, the former Shakhtar coach had 24 points after 12 matches, and one of those defeats came after Amadou Diawara was included by mistake in the Under-22 list. The game had ended 0-0, but Roma was punished by three points as the game was officially ruled as defeat.(1.65) ITALY (3.70) SWITZERLAND (6.50)Fonseca had seven wins at the same time last year, one more than ‘The Special One’, and he also scored six more goals (27) than Roma this season. The only thing Mourinho is doing better than Fonseca (at the moment) is the number of goals conceded. This season, Roma took the ball out of her net 15 times in 12 games, and last season as many as 17.Roma loses again, Mourinho still talks about refereesOne of the reason Fonseca left the club was also relationship with players, and Edin Džeko in particular, and Mourinho doesn’t have that problem yet, but he is even harsher to his players in public than Fonseca ever was. What’s even worse, journalists in the Eternity city are already reporting about a friction over player recruitment between Mourinho and general manager Tiago Pinto. After losing to Bodo 6-1, the Portuguese said he only has 13 players at his disposal, which was a clear indication that he is not happy with the recruitment, and continued to exclude several players from the team after that game. Rumours have emerged regarding the rapport between the two compatriots, but Tiago Pinto claimed it’s the media that are ‘trying to create some confrontation between Mourinho and myself’. Il Messaggero reported the Friedkins were not happy with the way Mourinho threw the players under the bus after the match in Norway. There is only one certain way to ‘kill off’ those rumors, and that is to start winning. But when will that happen?
