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Roma draw with Porto, Mkhitaryan-Pepe almost clash

Setubal

A hot moment occurred when AS Roma matched Porto 1-1 in pre-season matches. There was a commotion involving Pepe and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Porto acted as the host when they hosted Roma at Campo Bela Vista, Setubal, Thursday (29/7/2021) at dawn WIB. Both teams were equally strong in the first half, before the Giallorossi broke the deadlock through Gianluca Mancini’s goal in the 56th minute.

In the situation of Roma 1-0 advantage, the incident occurred. The replay of the match circulating on social media shows that Mkhitaryan did not accept Pepe’s behavior. The Porto defender crashed into Mkhitaryan and fell to the ground after receiving a tackle from Nicolo Zaniolo.

The Roma midfielder was furious and then tried to kick Pepe. A number of players and officials from both teams rushed to the two players to intervene. Push action also appears to occur.

The incident also made the players and coaching staff who were on the bench also enter the field. Football-Italy reported that Roma striker Edin Dzeko was also emotional and made fun of Pepe.

“Bravo, you are 1-0 down, now go and cry,” said the former Manchester City striker.

In the process, Roma coach Jose Mourinho pulled Mkhitaryan out to be replaced by Carles Perez. On the sidelines, Mkhitaryan is still annoyed while spouting.

Finally AS Roma had to settle for a draw after Porto created a reply scored by Vitinha in the last two minutes.

“This is the right attitude that we need,” said Mancini after the game. “It was a very good and fierce match. We had a lot of fun. Maybe it was a friendly on paper, but this is how it should be.”

“Otherwise, the team will not get much practice from it,” he concluded after Roma drew with Porto.

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