The 2023 Serie A season continues, and for Mourinho, it is a third season in charge of Roma, but still fighting for Champions League qualification, after reaching the European final in the previous two seasons, but unfortunately lost to Sevilla in the Europa League final last season and missed out on the Champions League. In a key battle in the 16th round of Serie A, Roma challenged Bologna away, the two teams fought very fiercely in the first half, Moro broke the deadlock in the counterattack, and in the second half, Christensen accidentally put himself in an own goal, Belotti missed a single opportunity, and finally Roma lost 0-2 away to Bologna, and the ranking was also squeezed out of the top four.
Bologna vs. Roma, the home team sent a starting lineup of 97.95 million euros, Zirkze was in the front position, Ndoye, Ferguson, Salmakors sat in the midfield, Fruller, Moreau partnered in the back, Boschi, Beukma, Calafiori, Christensen formed the defensive line, and Lavalglia guarded the goal. On the Roma side, Jose Mourinho sent 1The starting lineup of 500 million euros, Shaarawy, Belotti in the front, Spinazzola, Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini, Christensen in the midfield, Ndicka, Llorente, Mancini formed the defense, and Patricio guarded the goal.
In the 13th minute of the game, Bologna attacked in front, and Zikelze fell to the ground in the scramble in the penalty area, but the referee did not indicate it. In the 18th minute, Bologna got a free kick in front, but Zirkze took the free kick and shot directly at the goal, which was blocked by the human wall. In the 28th minute, Llorente's quick free kick from the midfielder was blocked by the goalkeeper. In the 31st minute, Roma attacked a cross from the right, and Belotti's header in the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 37th minute, Bologna counterattacked, Ndoye broke through on the right side and entered the penalty area to return the triangle back, and Morrow followed up with a push in the middle to score, Bologna broke the deadlock and led Roma 1-0 at home. In the 39th minute, Belotti broke through into the box and volleyed from a tight angle was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 42nd minute, Bologna counterattacked, and Zirkze burst into the penalty area on the right side and got rid of the defense in a row.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again, in the 48th minute, Bologna attacked quickly on the right, Ndozi received a diagonal pass from his teammates and broke through into the penalty area and swept in front of the goal, Christensen cleared in front of the goal and accidentally put himself in an own goal to block the ball into his own door, and Roma fell behind Bologna 0-2 away. Jose Mourinho made adjustments when the situation was not good, with Azmoun and Bovey coming off the bench to strengthen the attack. But in the 63rd minute, Bovey, who had just come on as a substitute, was sent off by Sanchez.
In the 71st minute, Roma broke through on the right side and crossed Shaarawy's header in the penalty area, and Calafiori cleared the key position in time. In the 80th minute, Roma counterattacked, Belotti received a direct pass from his teammates in the middle and stepped forward to face the goalkeeper and was blocked, missing the opportunity to score. In the end, Roma lost 0-2 away.
Looking at the post-match statistics, Roma had 44% possession and only 8 shots on goal with 3 on target, while Bologna had 56% possession and 2 of their 8 shots on target converted into goals. After this campaign, Bologna accumulated 28 points to enter the top four, Roma accumulated 25 points ranked ** to 7th, this season Roma is facing 4 teams of competition, Mourinho wants to participate in the Champions League has a long way to go.