Roma coach Jose Mourinho publicly apologised to Renato Sanches after their 2-0 defeat at Bologna.
Sanches was a halftime substitute, but was hooked 18 minutes into the second-half.
“I want to publicly apologise to Renato, because what I felt that I had to do was very harsh, but it is harsher even on a coach. I think in 3-4 times in my career I have done this and I apologise," Mourinho told DAZN.
“Without Paulo, there is no quality in this squad. Without Romelu, there is no physicality in this squad. Without either of them, I knew it would be tough for us.
“I could tell obviously the players wanted to do better, but if we had no tactical problems – when they scored the first goal, it was a very balanced match – we did have huge difficulties on a physical level. Bologna have players with intensity, engine and legs, whereas we do not have those characteristics.
“As an example, Kristiansen has limitations technically, but he has physicality. After that, the game became more complicated.
“We had our chances to get a goal for 1-1 or 2-1, we didn't convert them, and it became difficult."
He added: "I know the dimensions of this team, when everyone is available, we have sufficient quality to fight it out. We didn't finish fourth last season because we reached a European Final and were too stretched out. Without fundamental players, obviously it is difficult."
Mangisha
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Another reason to love this man. He is also humble. Renato, he has given you your confidence back, please, do not disappoint him
Humble my a**. He is blaming his players and not accepting his errors, and you can't see that. You are ignorant.
Mangisha
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Nosense. He has started blaming his players. He is nearing the end of his Roma coaching. Roma has signed so many players since Mourinho became coach. How many more does he want?
Charlesugwu
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Another reason to love this man. He is also humble. Renato, he has given you your confidence back, please, do not disappoint him
BankoleLonge
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Moral lesson of this article - AS Roma, get Mourinho the players he want!
GunnArs
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“Without Paulo, there is no quality in this squad. Without Romelu, there is no physicality in this squad.” nice apology 😂
Mezacmpyz
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Mourinho you did the right thing. You apologise for your mistake no matter the situation.
Mibbcmprsy
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you are always my favorite coach but what you did to Renato get me very angry To be frank u didn't try
Sylvester4u12
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mourinho to haters, they only one person that deserved my apology is Renato Sanchez, so don't come and ask me to do same to you, am a special one don't expect it from me
malablata
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The Special one, keep cool and encourage the boys, losing is part of the sport.
konbckmpty
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As a coach , of course, you do not need to apologise, but as an experienced manager and a human what he did by apologising was the classy thing to do.
sanbdety
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Apologize for what, Sanchez was not in the game, he was completely lost
Torrique876
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You must've never played football in real life before to know how shameful a double sub is in football for someone like Mourinho to apologize it shows how bad it actually his. A players confidence can be brought down in the mud.
soacestz
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You don’t need to apologize because you’re the coach and you can change anyone at anytime