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Their manager is Jose 'Harry Potter' Mourinho and he raises expectations.
Coach Jose Mourinho compared himself to the famous Hogwarts wizard Harry Potter during the press conference before the Roma-Milan match in Serie A.
Mourinho believes his past glories have raised expectations at the club, despite a mixed run of results this season and with Roma currently ninth in Serie A.
Jose Mourinho compared himself to JK Rowling's wizard Harry Potter for his work with AS Roma.
This despite a mixed run in recent weeks that has seen the Reds win just one of their last four games in all competitions, the most recent being a 1-0 loss to city rivals Lazio in the Coppa Italia .
It was Mourinho's fourth defeat in six Roma derbies, and the Portuguese admits his past glories have added to the buzz around his side.
" Roma's players are the most incredible I've ever seen. Their coach is Jose 'Harry Potter' Mourinho and he raises expectations. I don't know how many derbies I've played, 200, 150, they're always special games, I've won, I've drawn , I have lost, always with a different experience. I have always understood that for a Chelsea fan, a game against Manchester City is not the same as a game against Arsenal. That for Inter, a game against Roma is not the same as a game against Juventus. I understand what a derby means. The derby we played was an important derby ," he said in his pre-match press conference.
Mourinho has been linked with a move away from the Stadio Olimpico with his current contract set to expire at the end of this season, but reaffirmed his commitment to the Serie A side.
"I've been here for two years and five months and I'm the only person here who hasn't missed a training session in that long. There's no illness or bad mood for me, for two and a half years I haven't done anything wrong, neither a few weeks ago when everyone was sick. I do not accept in any way that my professionalism and dignity, heart for this job is questioned. If there is a perfect example of professionalism, it is me. I have not lost a game in over 20 years of my career ," Mourinho said.
His next assignment is a transfer game against 3rd-placed AC Milan, with the Rossoneri also looking to bounce back from their Coppa Italia defeat against Atalanta.
" We face a team that is playing for the title, who won it two years ago. Of course, it seems that the points gap between them and Juventus and Inter is not an easy gap to close, but it is a team that has lost several important players due to injuries. It is a team that certainly wants to win after losing in the Cup, which was a target for them. They will put everything into this match, they know our difficulties, it seems everyone knows them. Maybe some journalists or commentators don't know them. Everyone knows our struggles ," concluded The Special One!
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