Jose Mourinho Red Carded, AS Roma Wins Against Monza

Striker Stephan El Shaarawy (second from the right) gave AS Roma a 1-0 win over Monza in the Italian Serie A match. (Twitter @OfficialASRoma)

JAKARTA - AS Roma had to work hard before a narrow 1-0 win over Monza in the Italian Serie A match at the Stadio Olimpico, Sunday, October 22 evening WIB. In that match, Roma coach Jose Mourinho had bad luck due to a red card.

Drama pertandingan di Olimpico. Roma menghadapi lawan yang bermain dengan 10 orang menjelang babak pertama akhir. Namun Roma sulit melawan tim yang kehilangan seorang pemain.

Roma finally scored a single goal through Stephan El Shaarawy in injury time. And this is a drama because El Shaarawy is said to be involved in soccer gambling.

The former AC Milan player broke the deadlock by scoring goals and at the same time bringing Roma to three points in the home game.

Drama kembali terjadi menuju akhir pertandingan saat Mourinho dikartu merah. Akibatnya, eks pelatih Inter Milan ini bakal tidak mendampingi tim saat menghadapi Inter pekan depan.

Victory over Monza made Roma immediately improve the rankings in the standings. Now, Roma are getting 14 points up to sixth. They are still eight points adrift of leaders, Inter Milan.

Roma, who had slumped at the start of the competition, slowly began to improve their rankings after showing a good trend over the past few weeks.

Dari lima laga sebelumnya, termasuk lawan Monza, mereka tak terkenjang. Monza sendiri berada di posisi 11 dengan poin 12.

In that match, Roma lost part of the pillar players, Paulo Dybala, Chris Smalling, Renato Sanches, Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Tammy Abraham who were still injured. Meanwhile, Monza without Papu Gomez, who had just been banned from playing for two years due to doping.

Roma, who played at home, were forced to work hard to serve Monza. Pressure from Rome actually forced Monza to survive more.

However, the front line duo of Romelu Lukaku and Andrea Belotti struggled to penetrate the visitors' defense.

Roma finally made a profit when Monza Danilo D'Ambrosio received a second yellow card followed by a red card after making a tackle on Belotti in the 41st minute.

However, Roma still struggled to face a team that played with 10 people. In the second half, the game did not change.

Roma's attack never paid off. Mourinho then entered El Shaarawy to replace Edoardo Bove to sharpen the front line.

Mourinho's strategy paid off sweetly. El Shaarawy overcomes the deadlock and breaks into Monza's goal in the 90th minute. The goal was immediately greeted by a celebration that was a bit excessive Mourinho on the sidelines.

Mourinho's joy did not last long. He then got a red card because of his unsportsmanlike actions.

Because of that he mocked the coaching staff of Monza Raffaele Palladino. Mourinho had to leave the arena before the game was over. He also couldn't accompany the team against his former club, Inter.