Jose Mourinho and his men used the opportunity given to them by the Juventus punishment and moved into the Champions League contention. Then they used Inter’s and Milan’s drop in form to get closer to them and finally got the opportunity they wanted – to level on points with them on Matchday 24. All they needed to do was to win in Cremoneze, against the dead last Serie A team. But it was obviously too much to ask, because Roma embarrassed themselves and allowed the hosts to record their first win of the entire season (and the first one in Serie A since 1996): Cremonese – Roma 2-1!30 – #Cremonese ended the joint-longest streak without a win for a club in Serie A’s history (30, alongside Ancona between 1993 and 2004). Light.#CremoneseRoma #SerieA pic.twitter.com/bvv2MAbc8Q— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) February 28, 2023 The Giallorossi complicated things for themselves and unnecessarily brought the pressure up ahead of the home game against Juventus on Sunday. And they will host the Torino giant without Jose Mourinho, who managed to get another red card in this match, after a needless argument with the fourth referee over a silly tackle. He should have been more concentrated on the performances of his team instead, since they played terrible, without any ideas, without chances, without a will to get level with Inter and Milan. The guests made their first shot on target after an hour, and scored only due to a terrible mistake by Cremonese defense. But Roma’s defense made one mistake more, and it was enough for the final 2-1 win for the hosts.MA CHE BEL GOL DI FRANK TSADJOUT!!!!SPLENDIDO SINISTRO AL VOLO DI FRANK CHE FINISCE ALL’INCROCIO DEI PALI!!!!pic.twitter.com/hQpLA7U2Rd— Football Report (@FootballReprt) February 28, 2023 The game basically started with the hosts scoring, after a brief 15 minutes warm-up between the teams. Valeri used his chest to knock down a ball over the top for Tsadjout, who smashed it into the roof of the net on the half-volley from outside the box: 1-0. Roma looked as pale as they did before the goal. The guests just couldn’t put together more than 10 passes without being out possessed. Paolo Dybala looked disconnected from the rest of the squad and Georginio Wijnaldum finally started a game for Roma, but didn’t shine after such a long break.MORE TO FOLLOW
