Cremonese vs. AS Roma – Football Match Report – February 28, 2023

Daniel Ciofani scored a late penalty as relegation-threatened Cremonese earned their first win of the season in a 2-1 dwelling victory over AS Roma in Serie A on Tuesday that left Jose Mourinho’s aspect outdoors the highest 4.

The win was Cremonese’s first in Italy’s prime league since March 1996.

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Cremonese took a shock lead within the seventeenth minute with a tremendous first-time shot by ahead Frank Tsadjout from simply outdoors the field.

Roma, whose coach Mourinho was despatched off for dissent at the beginning of second half, equalised within the 71st minute when Leonardo Spinazzola managed the ball properly on the sting of the field and completed low previous Cremonese keeper Marco Carnesecchi.

But Ciofani restored Cremonese’s lead from the spot within the 83rd minute when he struck into the underside left nook previous Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio, who had fouled David Okereke to concede the penalty.

“For the first time in my career a referee has spoken to me in an unjustifiable way,” Mourinho mentioned after the sport. “I’m not crazy. And to have the reaction I had is because something happened. I need to know now if I can do something from a legal point of view.

“Piccinini gave me the crimson as a result of the fourth official instructed him so. But the fourth official does not have the honesty to additionally inform him what he instructed me, how he handled me and what provoked my response.”

Roma are fifth on 44 points, one point behind fourth-placed Lazio and three above Atalanta in sixth.

Cremonese’s first win of the season moved them up one place to 19th, eight points adrift of the safety zone.

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AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho said he was provoked by the fourth official in the incident that led to his sending off in their 2-1 Serie A defeat to relegation-threatened Cremonese on Tuesday.

Cremonese claimed their first win of the season as Daniel Ciofani’s late penalty left Mourinho’s side out of the Champions League spots in fifth place in the standings.

Mourinho, who was given his marching orders by referee Marco Piccinini at the start of the second half for dissent, said his reaction was caused by his treatment from the fourth official.

Roma are fifth in the table with 44 points, one point behind fourth-placed Lazio. Cremonese, who won their first Serie A game of the season, moved up one place to 19th.

“We did not need to lose,” Mourinho said.

“The excuse of tiredness doesn’t exist… The accountability is ours, for an absence of depth, lack of need to shut the sport instantly.”

“We paid too excessive a worth, we did not need to win however we did not need to lose both. Especially for what we put within the second half, after the equaliser, all of us thought we may win after which got here the penalty episode.”