Venice-Rome, Mourinho: “Referee? Better if I shut up”

“I have to protect myself”. José Mourinho chews bitter after the 3-2 defeat of his Roma at Venice. The Portuguese coach of the Giallorossi does not comment on the referee decisions: on the pitch, Roma complained in particular about a foul not whistled on Ibanez in the action that led to the penalty and the 2-2 of Venice. “We created a lot, the last step was missing. It is difficult to comment on the fact that we only scored 2 goals after creating so much,” the Special One told Sky Sport. “And then there is a smaller story that becomes an important moment of the match, the second goal of Venezia … I have to protect myself. And protecting myself means not expressing myself,” he adds. “We can also talk about players who should have taken yellow cards for tactical fouls, but they are small details. We got to make it 3-1, but the reality is that we were in control, 2-1, and what happened for me … I don’t want to say more. I prefer to say only that it is an important moment of the game and that’s it “, he says. Can Roma aim for the Champions League area? “Saying that fourth place is a goal does not mean that we are fourth. We want to aim for it, I never said we were a fourth place team. But I say and I will continue to say that it is the goal, as long as it is mathematically possible. . The effort that the company made this summer in my opinion was a more reactive market than a target of reinforcements. I don’t think this squad is better than last year, “he says. “I have a 3-year contract, there is a project. This season is important for me to understand something that I may not have understood before arriving, now I understand more than two months ago.”