Mourinho's dig at Guardiola

Jose Mourinho spoke to the press after getting through to the Europa League final, where his side will go up against Sevilla. The Roma boss was once against 'The Special One', when given the chance to air his thoughts.

The Portuguese boss took a dig at Pep Guardiola: "The only sides who aren't suffering are those who have players worth €40-€70 million on the bench. Yesterday Man City brought on Julian Alvarez, Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez".

Jose Mourinho wanted to explain that that priviledge is not something Roma can afford, who overcame Bayer Leverkusen: "If we lose 4 or 5 players, we suffer. At Roma, the one coming on is because it's his turn. We spent 7 million in the window and we're in a final. It's extraordinary what we've done".

The Italian side are 6th in the Serie A, but they have the chance to get straight through to the Champions League if they win the continent's second competition. For that, they'll have to get past Sevilla, who knocked out Juventus to book their flight to Budapest.

 

May 18, 2023