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Caught cold: José Mourinho looks at the cheering crowd of the opponent
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José Mourinho experienced the greatest disgrace of his career with AS Roma.
The 58-year-old Portuguese lost on Thursday evening in the Europa Conference League with the Italian first division soccer team at FK Bodø / Glimt from Norway 1: 6 (1: 2).
The start coach then took the blame on himself.
"I chose to play with this line-up so the responsibility is mine," Mourinho told Sky Sports. He wanted to give those who work hard a chance. But that went wrong. “You have more quality than we do. Your first team is a much better team than our second team, "said Mourinho:" It's my mistake. I wanted to give the first guard a break after the game at Juventus. I made that decision. And in the end they are better players than mine. "
The team from north of the Arctic Circle had scored four times against fourth place in Serie A after the break alone.
Mourinho had never before conceded six goals with any of his teams in his 1000+ competitive games.
Little consolation for Mourinho: In Group C he is still second behind Bodö with AS Roma and still has a good chance of making the knockout round.
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