During his colourful career, Jose Mourinho had numerous personal and tactical situations in many clubs he worked for, but to field a team with no centre-backs happened to him now at Roma. Last night, against Cremonese, when the score was still 0-1 for the guests, he played the last 25 minutes without a recognized centre-back and turned around the game, winning 2-1. Of course, knowing Mourinho and his famous defensive style, it was obvious that the situation at back was terrible and that it was a forced, not a calculated move, which the Portuguese coach confirmed.Lukaku and Dybala break Cremonese in just eight minutes“We had 20-odd games in a row without Chris Smalling, that is a dramatic situation for us. Not having Kumbulla, now losing Ndicka who was working so hard and has improved so much, these are all extraordinarily difficult situations for us. When we lose the ball, who defends? When we need the defensive transition, to keep the line together, who does that? We defend in two separate blocks, six plus four, and that is a very risky thing to do. We just have to keep taking it one game at a time” said Mourinho.José Mourinho just announced in his press conference there will be a new “giant Netflix documentary” about him!👀José Mourninho: “A giant documentary about me will be released on Netflix on Thursday. There are things that will only be known there and then you will know that I… pic.twitter.com/K3hMAC5LcH— IM🇵🇹 (@Iconic_Mourinho) January 3, 2024 With a win in Coppa Italia, Roma is now facing two tough games in just two days (Atalanta in Serie A on the 7th of January and Lazio in Coppa Italia two days later) and Mourinho is short of defenders.“I don’t know how we will keep going, there is a very important game to play on Sunday, this is who we’ve got. If we need Lukaku to play central defence then he will. We play with heart, respect for the club and for the fans. We have Atalanta first, then Lazio in the Coppa Italia. Azmoun leaves next week, Mancini is injured and on a yellow card, Paredes and Cristante are on cards, I don’t know what condition we’ll be in for the games with Lazio and then Milan. All I know is that we give it everything we’ve got. How many clubs can say they have 43 sold out home matches in a row? I too am tired, I ran a few kilometers on that touchline tonight” he said.Mourinho: ‘I don’t know if I’ll stay in Roma’At the press conference, Mourinho also announced that a documentary on Netflix about him is starting next week and that people will discover that he is ‘completely insane’. He also denied rumours that he was offered to lead the Brazil national team and talked about media reports that Roma owners are negotiating with other coaches behind his back.“I honestly don’t believe it is true, because for me the honesty and reciprocity are essential. I have no reason to think the Friedkin family is not honest, that it does not understand reciprocity the way I do. I trust their honesty 100 per cent. That does not mean they want me here, but I do not believe that they are talking behind my back with other coaches. I believe in reciprocity. I did it for them, they will do it for me. I don’t know if it’s true or not about Brazil, because they did not speak directly to me. I told my agent that until the club has decided if I am staying or not, I don’t want to know or talk to anyone else” he explained.##NAJAVA_MECA_7775490##
