End of the game. For Rick Karsdorp, the adventure with Rome ends here. More precisely, it ends in the 90′ of Sassuolo-Roma with the Giallorossi who cherished the dream of victory away from home, which turned into an atrocious mockery in the 85th minute of Pinamonti’s equalizer. What triggered Mourinho’s post-match fury: first a direct confrontation with the players, after having sent Giallorossi’s masseuses, collaborators and employees away, then I released in a conference with “a non-professional player” to which you have “advised to look for a team in January”.
No name, There was no need, it was enough to rewind the Sassuolo-Roma tape but also that of those first months of the championship to understand that the recipient of so much bitterness was the Dutch defender who received a direct registered letter, without a postcard. What Mourinho saw at Mapei Stadium was just the classic fall of a vase that was already completely full.
Relations with Karsdorp have never been peaceful, but as of Wednesday night, the Special tried to make a virtue of necessityhiding under the rug the crumbs of an understanding now torn apart and which saw the first cracks appear at the beginning of the season, between missed calls and enigmatic phrases such as on the occasion of the 3rd in the championship, the game of Turin against Juventus, when Mourinho replaced the full-back defensive: “Last year Karsdorp was a story, is he not well this year? Goodbye friend, come Celik.”
A sentence that today resonates like a sentence and that follows other situations that always saw Karsdorp as a negative protagonist. Like the field episodes, against Udinese and the unforgivable mistake after just 5 minutes of play: pass behind the chest with Udogie who takes advantage of and anticipates the departure of Rui Patricio. Not to forget the furious one-on-one with Irrati right after the end of the match with Napoli. Or like the one in the derby where at the time of the substitution, with Roma at a disadvantage, he made his way straight to the dressing rooms and then was called up by the coaching staff and sat on the bench,officially after going to get ice for the operated knee🇧🇷
All aspects did not escape the watchful eyes of the press, the fans and Mourinho himself, such as the indiscretion of the good night until the wee hours of the night right after the derby and on the eve of Sassuolo’s training, against which what probably happened is the Karsdorp’s last act with Rome. But what made José Mourinho explode on Wednesday night? The player only entered in the 65th minute, but half an hour was enough for the coach to make the final decision.
Mou annoyance left even before Karsdorp took the field: the Dutchman was called to prepare to enter, he will do it in the 65′ instead of Celik at 0-0, but he was not ready: urged to accelerate, Karsdorp followed the latest tactical instructions de Mourinho still wearing the reserve shirt. An image that went viral on the web but it was from that moment that the Portuguese coach’s “special” surveillance began.
What did not escape the attitude of the player, nor at the moment of Abraham’s goal that made him caress the pleasure of victory: the Englishman exploded in all his happiness, unlocking himself in front of the goal after two months of fasting. Everyone celebrates it except one: Karsdorp, who preferred to point to Cristante who opted for the passage to Mancini (who gave the winning assist) instead of his central insertion.
Only at the end of the celebrations in Abraham, as soon as the Englishman returned to midfield after receiving the hug from his teammates, Karsdorp also decided to approach and congratulated his teammate on the goal, A little too late for true team spirit and that empathy that for Mourinho is like air.
The bubble finally burst at 85′ on the occasion of the Sassuolo draw. In the Nerverde action that will lead Pinamonti to overtake Rui Patricio for the final by 1-1, the entire Roma defense is caught off guard: Mancini doesn’t go up, there are two men in Pinamonti, but it’s from the Karsdorp area that everything develops.
Lauriente runs away, the Dutchman meets with a completely wrong posture and right after the cross and the goal, ready to raise his hand to look for a non-existent offside. The classic fall that made Mourinho explode, first in the locker room and then in front of journalists. End of the game.
Source: Fan Page IT
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