Setubal –
A hot moment happened when AS Roma balanced Porto 1-1 in pre-season. 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 a situation where Roma are 1-0 up, the incident happened. The replay of the match circulating on social media shows, Mkhitaryan do not accept the act of Pepe. 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 reports that Roma striker Edin Dzeko is also emotional and makes fun of him Pepe.
“Bravo, you are 1-0 down, now go and cry,” said the former Manchester City striker.
In the process Roma coach Jose Mourinho then pulled Mkhitaryan out to be replaced by Carles Perez. On the sidelines, Mkhitaryan is still annoyed while spouting.
Finally AS Roma have to be satisfied with the draw after Porto Vitinha scored a goal back in the last two minutes.
“This is the right attitude 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 won’t get much practice from it,” he concluded Roma balanced with Porto.
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