The tensions of the final match between Rome and Lazio also dragged into the locker room with an animated bickering between Josè Mourinho and Claudio Lotito. The Special One had entered the locker room, authorized despite the disqualification, to speak with the team and on leaving he met the Biancoceleste president who was trying to act as a peacemaker between Mancini, Romagnoli and Luis Alberto. “What are you looking at?” the Portuguese said to Lotito. The response from the Biancoceleste patron was immediate: “What are you looking at, I’m the president of Lazio. Who are you? You’re also disqualified, you couldn’t fit here”. Roma executives also joined the discussion, including Tiago Pinto, with further developments to be expected from the federal inspectors’ reports. Foti, Special One’s deputy, and other players added to the bickering between Mourinho and Lotito, annoyed by the attitude of the Lazio players after the match, whose celebrations would have continued even in front of the Roma locker room door. Something that, according to the Giallorossi club, shouldn’t have happened because on leaving the stadium, the Lazio players would have to follow another path that does not involve passing in front of the Giallorossi changing rooms. A separation of the paths of the team groups that dates back to the times of Covid and that the companies have maintained over the years, but not today. With Sarri, who passed in silence, but his players did differently with Romagnoli and Luis Alberto in particular to light the fuse of the discussion, triggering a reply from Mancini and the others.
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The capital’s football season reaches a crossroads with the derby (ANSA)
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