Mourinho remains tight-lipped on Roma future
“I have to fight for these lads and therefore not say objectively that I will remain,” Mourinho, whose side was tied 1-1 with Sevilla after extra time, told Sky Sports Italia. “I spoke to the club in December when I had that approach from the Portuguese national team.
“I have not had any contact with anyone else since then. I have a year left on my contract and this is the situation.”
Mourinho was disappointed to lose the game, but he expressed pride in his team’s effort and said the season had taken a toll.
“I always tell my players that you can lose a match but you can’t lose your dignity, and the lads lost a match and I lost it as well but we haven’t lost our dignity.”
“We’re physically exhausted, mentally exhausted, and feeling dead because we believe it’s an unjust defeat with numerous disputable incidents.” “We are quite worn out yet proud. You can lose a football game, but never your professionalism or respect, I always say.
“I lost this one, but this time I go home prouder than ever. This season, the guys gave everything they had. Anthony Taylor, the referee, was also criticized by Mourinho, who added that the Englishman issued too many yellow cards. We are used to the effect of officials in our games; it’s nothing new, but I didn’t expect that in a European final. “It was an intense, masculine, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time,” he remarked.