Lukaku helps AS Roma win emotionally, Coach Mourinho explains special action

According to Football Italia , AS Roma has an 80% chance of winning the match against Lecce. In the last 5 meetings, AS Roma has been undefeated against Lecce and won 4 times. The Stadio Olimpico has also become a support for the maroon team with a series of 5 consecutive wins.

Predictions of an easy win for AS Roma were further justified when the home team was awarded a penalty in the 3rd minute. However, striker Lukaku missed the chance to score. This was the first time since August 2017 that the Belgian striker had missed a penalty after 15 attempts. Lukaku held his head in regret while coach Mourinho was also pensive on the AS Roma coaching bench.

Lukaku missed a penalty in the 3rd minute.

Despite receiving a "cold shower", AS Roma continued to create trouble in front of Lecce's goal. However, AS Roma's strikers were all at a standstill. In the 72nd minute, AS Roma received another disadvantage when striker Pontus Almqvist put Lecce ahead. It seemed that the Italian capital team would be defeated at home, but in the second half's injury time, Sardar Azmoun and Lukaku scored 2 goals, bringing 3 emotional points to AS Roma.

After the final whistle, coach Mourinho ran onto the pitch and celebrated with the players. He hugged Houssem Aouar and thanked him over and over again. Afterwards, the “special one” went to Lukaku to comfort the Belgian striker.

Coach Mourinho (left) sought out Lukaku to comfort him.

The Portuguese coach explained his actions on DAZN: “I wanted to talk to the players, because the game was not over, the squad was unbalanced. We returned to the old philosophy, if you lose 0-1 or 0-10 it makes no difference.

It was the first time Lukaku had missed a penalty in Italy, but the second time he had missed under my guidance. However, only the person who takes the penalty risks missing it. Dybala does not feel ready to take set pieces and we have full faith in Lukaku.

I know him better than anyone, Lukaku is a very sensitive person and when he missed the penalty early, it hurt his heart for the rest of the game. This is why scoring the goal in the last minute could not be better, because it will help Lukaku sleep better tonight and wake up with a smile.”

Lukaku (No. 90) celebrates helping AS Roma make a comeback

The emotional 2-1 victory helped AS Roma gain 17 points and only 4 points behind 4th place Napoli. In the next round, coach Mourinho and his students will have a match that is predicted to be very difficult with the same city rival Lazio.

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