Roma are in crisis despite their successes in the Europa League. The Giallorossi have not won in three league games in a row, and in the next round they welcome Inter. The Champions League will slowly slip out of their hands if they do not improve their results urgently.The last setback in the series was a draw away to newcomer Monza. Although Roma took the lead, they soon conceded an equalizing goal and did not create a great chance for victory until the end.Roma’s coach Jose Mourinho admits that the game was not up to par, but reveals the reasons for that.”Unfortunately, when you’re tired, it affects concentration, focus and coordination. Today we had players who really fought and gave their all. People like Lorenzo Pellegrini, Mancini, Bryan Cristante, who are on the edge, but they play with this pride that is part of Roma’s DNA,” Mourinho said after the match.Milan nearly escape defeat, Inter thrash Verona 6-0, Napoli are not yet championsThe Portuguese really does not have a ‘long’ bench like his direct rivals. Tonight, young men like Tahirović or Volpato had to come into play.”We have a lot of difficulties. Those who play are not fully prepared or lack the quality to play at this level. The boys that came in from the bench gave their best. I think the result matches the game, I might seem a bit biased if I say Roma deserved to win, but I don’t think Monza deserved to win either.”In his own style, he had objections to the refereeing and commented on Daniele Chiffi’s arbitration, describing him as the worst referee he had seen in his career! The reason is Zeki Celik’s red card in stoppage time, which means the Turk won’t play against Inter.”This is the worst referee I have met in my entire career. And believe me, I’ve dealt with a lot of bad judges. Usually, when I talk about referees, it’s because they have a direct impact on the game. In this case, that is not true. But he is terrible, he doesn’t make a human connection with anyone, he has no empathy, he gives a red card to a player who slips because he is exhausted in the 96th minute.” said the Portuguese manager.”Unfortunately, this is also a sign of Roma’s weakness as a club, because we don’t have the power of other clubs that can say they don’t want this or that referee. I stopped talking 20-30 minutes before the end because I knew he would give me a red card for anything. There are clubs that say they don’t want a referee, and Roma either don’t have that ability or DNA or something else. It is horrible. I really wanted to say something, but I couldn’t afford to be shut out. That’s why I left the field early. I didn’t even want to look at him.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7226587##The crisis with injured players was followed by the injury of Stephan El Shaarawy, for whom the season is probably over…”It’s very simple. When you have 30 players of the same level, you can easily rotate. Teams that were terrible in Europe and were immediately eliminated can only play one game a week. That is not our situation. We are the only club that does not have the squad to be in the position we are in, but we are in the semifinals of the Europa League, and we also played two extra games in the playoffs. We don’t have the potential for that… How many games did El Shaarawy play two or three years ago compared to this season? How many games did Chris Smalling play at Manchester United or with Paulo Fonseca as Roma coach?””Everything accumulates. These guys deserve for me to be with them until the last minute of the season, always saying the same thing – that I am very proud of their efforts and what they do.” Mourinho concluded.
