0 2, upset!Jose Mourinho fell, possessed 44 balls and shot 8 shots, the ranking plummeted, and the Champions League was in suspense
The 2023 Serie A season is still in full swing, this is Mourinho's third season in Roma, but he still has to fight for a Champions League spot, Roma reached the final of the European Championship in the previous two seasons, but unfortunately they lost the Champions League in the final of the European Cup. In the 16th round of the league, Roma will travel to Bologna, and the two sides played a hard-fought first half, with Moro firing a shot from inside the box, and in the second half, Andreas Christensen's mistake allowed Belotti to miss a one-on-one strike, and Roma lost 2-0 to Bologna and fell out of the last four.
Bologna faced Roma, the home team lined up a starting line of 97.95 million euros, Zirkze was on the top of the striker, Ferguson, Ndoye, and Salemakors sat in the middle, Frulle and Morro were the midfielders, Poischi, Beukma, Calafiori, Christensen were four people to defend, and Lavalla was responsible for the defense. On the Roma side, Mourinho put out a starting list worth 150 million, Shaarawy and Belotti partnered in the attack, Spinazzola, Cristante, Paredes, Pellegrini and Christensen sat in the middle, with Ndicka, Llorente and Mancini in the back, and Patricio defending in front of goal.
Bologna launched a fierce attack on 13 minutes, but Zikelze fell in the scramble in the box, but the referee did not react. In the 18th minute, Bologna won a free-kick in midfield, but Zirkze kicked it directly at a defender. In the 28th minute, Llorente's quick shot was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. In the 31st minute, Belotti headed in front of the opponent's goal in a pass from the right wing of Roma, but the opponent's shot was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.
In the 37th minute, Bologna took advantage of the attack to get an attacking opportunity, Ndoye dribbled the ball on the right, Moro followed up in the middle, and kicked the ball into the door of Roma to help Bologna take a 1-0 advantage on the road. In the 39th minute, Belotti burst into the penalty area with the ball and volleyed a shot that was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. Bologna launched an attack in the 42nd minute, when Zirkze broke down the right, beat the opposition defender and fired a powerful shot at goal.
The second half continued, with Bologna playing a quick counter-attack in the 48th minute, Ndozi received a pass from a team-mate and slotted into the box, Andreas Christensen saved by the goalkeeper and the ball went into the net as Roma lost 2-0 at home to Bologna. Mourinho saw that the situation was not right, and immediately made adjustments, replacing Azmoun and Bovey to strengthen the attack. But on 63 minutes, Bovey was sent off by Sanchez.
In the 71st minute, Roma played a small pass from the right to Al-Shaarawy, but Calafiori saved his life in the last minute. Roma had a good chance to attack in the 80th minute, when Belotti received a team-mate's through ball from the middle and sprinted at the goalkeeper, but was saved and missed a good chance to score. As a result, Roma were eliminated from the tournament with a score of 0:2.
According to the statistics of the match, Roma had a 44% advantage, with three shots from eight shots, while Bologna had a 56% advantage, with two of eight kicks and then both scored. After this game, Bologna are fourth in the league with 28 points, while Roma have dropped to 25th, and Roma are now facing four teams in contention, with Mourinho still a long way from the Champions League.