Trabzonspor-Roma 1-2 in the Conference League. Good the first of Mourinho – Sport – Football

Trebizond, 19 August 2021- The first official match of Jose Mourinho on the bench of the Roma: the Giallorossi win 2-1 at home to Trabzonspor in the first leg of the preliminaries of Conference League. The new arrival ends the challenge in the final minutes Shomurodov, the only offensive reference without Dzeko, waiting to see in the field Tammy Abraham.

First half

There is great balance in the first portion of the game: the Roma immediately try to move forward with conviction, but the former on duty thinks about the other side Bruno Peres to scare Rui Patricio with a cross ad Hamsik, wasted however by the Slovak. The biggest chance for the Giallorossi comes in the 25th minute with a feat of Mkhitaryan that sends the ball directly under the seven, but the action is stopped for a touch of the hand found on the ball control. Before the end he also tries Karsdorp with the right, after a phase of great play by the Giallorossi, but the ball ends on the outside of the net.

Second half

If in the first half she had seen one Roma convincing but not cynical, it is in the second half that the result unlocks: at 55 ‘Zaniolo serves Mkhitaryan that, after a great solo percussion, serves the ball a Pilgrims who in aerobatics does not miss the goal and gives his team the advantage. The ideas of Mourinho they are there and they can be seen, reflected in a lively group that always tries to push to the maximum. At 64 ‘, however, a frozen shower arrives with the draw of Trabzonspor, reported on 1-1 by Cornelius who had entered the field only a handful of minutes before. The Giallorossi are back forward and nine minutes from the end find the incredible 2-1 with the first goal of the season Shomurodov, good at sending the ball bounced into the field with a tap-in after the crossbar taken by Mancini. At the first official exit, the Portuguese coach takes home a precious victory in view of the return match of the Olimpico and now the Roma can dream of the rounds of Conference League.

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