By Erwin Quiñonez
05 Nov 2023, 12:05 PM EST
José Mourinho has generated a new controversy after complaining about the organizers of Serie A and their lack of support for the Italian teams regarding the structure of the local calendar with respect to that of the European competitions such as the ones in which he participates with his team. team, AS Roma.
The Portuguese coach specifically complained about last week’s matches in which the ‘Wolf’ had to face Slavia Prague on Thursday in the Europa League and only three days later, with just 48 hours of rest, they played in Serie A against the leader of the table, Inter Milan.
“I understand that in football there are many people who arrive by parachute, it is not their world, they do not know it. They come for status, politics, a good suit, a tie… They were not born here nor did they grow up here. You have to respect these people for their status, that’s good,” said ‘Mou’ about how they prepare the schedule in the run-up to his team’s match against Lecce.
Just as the coach wanted, his words reached the ears of Serie A managers, who did not take long to respond. “Serie A does not comment on the statements of the coaches as long as they do not constitute accusations of undermining the credibility of the tournament. On this occasion, after the match at San Siro, the coach accused Serie A of wanting to harm his club and we had to intervene,” said Luigi De Siervo, the league’s managing director.
“We manage the calendar with professionalism and equidistance. “It is very clear that the League does not do favors for anyone, much less against anyone,” he added.
Finally, De Siervo showed audience data from that Inter-Roma match, to show Mourinho that his team had done well in economic terms. “As is known, the clubs’ income comes mainly from television and the schedules are determined based on maximizing the audience. The controversy was useless because, coincidentally, Inter-Roma recorded the largest audience of the tenth matchday and the second best of the season,” he concluded.
Each of the parties has defended the highest point of their function, and that is that while the coach criticized the wear and tear to which his players are subjected due to the little time of rest between games, the manager referred to the economic sphere and what What good does the current calendar structure do to the Italian tournament.
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