Mourinho once again praised the HJK pilots.
Perparim Hetemaj scored a 1-1 equalizer for HJK at the beginning of the second period. Jussi Eskola
Jose Mourinho has chosen his words carefully this autumn. The Portuguese, who has seen everything, has praised HJK’s head coach on several occasions Toni Koskelaa in front of the press.
That’s what he did on Thursday evening after the 2–1 victory.
– As I have said, they have a good coach and a well-organized team. “Even though they didn’t have much of a chance, they played well at home and fought proudly to win,” Mourinho said in the Bolt Arena press room.
Mourinho’s pop pool had challenges throughout the day and evening. First the defender Roger Ibañez dropped out of the lineup just moments before the Europa League match.
HJK started the match strongly, and Roma’s machine coughed on the infamous artificial turf.
– Roma lured our wing backs up and wanted to advance with simple passes along the wing lanes, Toni Koskela summed up the first period.
in the 78th minute David Browne scored a great Euro goal. To HJK’s chagrin, it was taken away after video review, and the 2-2 equalizer was not left on the board. Bryan Cristante got hit in the face From Malik Abubakar. The contact was really gentle.
– As a team suffering from a sentence, of course it feels bad. In such a situation, you can wonder if the player will hit the face or push the face into the hand. A difficult situation for the judge, of course. That contact had nothing to do with Maal, Koskela commented on the much talked about rejection.
Toni Koskela was warmed by Mourinho’s praise, but not by the defeat. Jussi Eskola
– Mourinho’s words warm the heart, after all, he has been at the top for a long time. Would have warmed more if we had taken points for this.
Plan B and C
HJK’s composition was in tatters. The absences also fell on the same playing position, the central defenders.
– Arttu Hoskonen previously had a fever. Miro Tenho got an injury in the Ludogorets match. We had to resort to B and C plans.
– Aapo Halme last played against Honka, so his game feel was not very good.
In addition Jukka Raitala was sidelined due to suspension. The top trio was formed by Hoskonen, Halme and Matti Peltola. Ex-whistleblower defenseman Joona Toivio sat down again. According to Koskela, he had returned to the training ground the day before the match after the corona virus.
The scope of the material really came in handy. It was a significant part in taking the club to the Finnish champion this season.
– I congratulated them on the championship and also on the performance of the evening, Mourinho revealed.
Mourinho apologized
David Browne fired another towering bomb but it was disallowed. Jussi Eskola
Browne’s disallowed hit was preceded by Koskela’s change. The Papua New Guinean, who played as a left wing support, was moved to the right to create superior situations.
Mourinho had to react after the equalizer was disallowed.
– I had to play an 18-year-old player for the first time, the Roma pilot said in reference to Giacomo Faticantiwho entered the field in the 78th minute.
At the same time, Mourinho made several substitutions, but it was the striker who took the heat for the entire second period Andrea Belotti pulled the top jacket around his neck.
– I had to apologize to Belotti. He was coming to the field by Tammy Abraham instead, but the picture of the game changed so that it was necessary to react with other substitutions.
Roma changed to a 5–3–2 formation and managed to freeze HJK’s final streak.
The club’s Euro sky will surely end. A week from now, there are no more bets against Real Betis in Sevilla.