Fans say ‘you can’t hate Jose Mourinho’ as he drags shy young Roma star into interview
  • 7 months ago
The Portuguese coach’s Roma side trounced Swiss outfit Servette 4-0 in the Europa League on Thursday. The Italian giants are looking to go one better than last term when they suffered defeat in the final to Sevilla. Mourinho handed 19-year-old Francesco D'Alessio his senior debut off the bench during the match. “First of all, let me tell you a story,” said Mourinho as he then gestured for D’Alessio to come stand alongside him before putting his arm around the midfielder.He then continued: “In the summer, before the kids went back to school, we were training and there were loads of kids outside of Trigoria screaming because they wanted to come inside to watch training.“He was with us and he said: 'when I was seven, eight, nine, I was out there screaming because I wanted to come in. No coach opened the gates to let me in'.“I was very happy for the kids because I opened the gates and let them in. Now he [D'Alessio] is playing for Roma in the Europa League at the Olimpico in front of 50 or 60,000 people.”D’Alessio then revealed that his parents and sister were at the game before the emotional Mourinho finished off with: “I don't want to say anymore, he can talk!”
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