January 11, according to Corriere dello Sport, Mourinho watched
The cup match of the Roman youth team, and protect the young players so that the referee will not find fault.
This Tuesday, the Roma youth team and the Lecce youth team played a youth Italian Cup 1/8 final. Roma coach Mourinho watched the game on the spot and paid attention to the performance of the young players.
The game was tied 0-0 after 120 minutes and the game entered a penalty shootout.
The first player to take a penalty kick on behalf of the Roma youth team was the 18-year-old midfielder Nicole Piscily. Due to the strong wind in the area, Piscily put the ball on the penalty spot several times and was blown away by the wind.
, The referee repeatedly asked Pisilli to put the football back to the penalty spot.
Mourinho in the stands wanted to protect the young player and yelled at the referee to “leave this boy alone”.
The official channel of the Club of Rome stated that this once again proved how much Mourinho cares about the boys in the youth team.
The “Corriere dello Sport” joked that this also proves how much Mourinho doesn’t like referees.
In the end, Piscily scored a penalty kick, and the Roma youth team won the penalty shootout 3-2 and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the Youth Coppa Italia.