Pinamonti responds to Abraham, Mourinho attacks one of his players – Corriere.it

Football is the sport that is often more difficult than it seems, but it obeys simple laws. The first of these is: having a center forward who scores goals always helps. Sassuolo-Roma thus ends 1-1 due to the moves of Dionisi and Mourinho but also because first Tammy Abraham and then Andrea Pinamonti return to the championship goal that the first missed from 12 September and the second from 2 October. Two goals, among other things, beautiful. The first headed, overwhelming Ayhan, uncertain throughout the game. The second foot, with a dry advance on Smalling who, on the occasion, misses twice: first because he does not trigger Laurienté’s offside (the best in the field) and then does not close on the black-green center-forward. Another defensive error similar to that of Ibanez that had cost the defeat in the derby.

The highlight of the match, however, comes after the final whistle of the referee Ayroldi, who mismanaged an easy match. As always, it is José Mourinho who takes the stage. The Special One introduces himself to Dazn and utters words that a coach hardly ever says: «I can’t say anything to my team, which has tried to win, beyond its limits. We played well and controlled an opponent that was difficult to face because it was full of very fast players between attacking space and counterattacking. I’m sorry because the team’s effort was betrayed by a player’s attitude. I don’t know if I can say the word. It was, let’s say, an unprofessional attitude. Only one betrayed the effort of the other fifteen. I didn’t talk like that about Ibanez against Lazio, because his attitude has always been top. The mistake is part of the game, my players know they can make mistakes, without any kind of problem, but I’m sorry for the unprofessional and incorrect attitude towards teammates. I won’t tell you the name, my players know it because I spoke in front of everyone in the locker room. I invited that player to find another club for January ».

Immediate, of course, the hunt for the culprit. Many clues lead to Rick Karsdorp. Not only because he fell asleep on the Emilian draw – Smalling was equally guilty and Laurienté did not limit anyone for 90 minutes – but for a series of attitudes that have been repeated for some time. Sunday is Rome-Turin, the last one before the world break, and the training choices will be like a judge’s sentence. What, however, should not escape a non-forcaiola criticism is that the changes (excluding Abraham) have all done worse than the substitutes, that Rome continues to struggle to build scoring, that the absence of Dybala has not been filled and that Zaniolo – however positive – is still at zero goals in the league.