{"id":296606,"date":"2023-12-12T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=296606"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:40:17","slug":"jose-mourinho-gives-note-to-ballboy-who-passes-it-onto-rui-patricio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/jose-mourinho-gives-note-to-ballboy-who-passes-it-onto-rui-patricio\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho gives note to ballboy who passes it onto Rui Patricio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Jose Mourinho gives secret note to ballboy who passes it onto goalkeeper Rui Patricio as nine-man Roma hold on for dramatic point against Fiorentina<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nine-man Roma held on for a dramatic point against Fiorentina on Sunday night\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>During the dying embers of the game, a ballboy passed a note onto Rui Patricio<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s a lot of anger at Man United &#8211; it&#8217;s them against the world! Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jose Mourinho was spotted handing a tactical note to a ballboy which was in turned passed onto Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian side faced off against Fiorentina at the Stadio Olympico in a huge clash in the race for the top four in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>Roma went ahead early on through Romelu Lukaku but disaster struck midway through the second half when Nicola Zalewksi was dismissed for a second bookable offence, with Lucas Martinez Quarta equalising minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Things got even worse when Lukaku was sent off for a bad challenge with Roma left desperately clinging on for a point.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras then caught Mourinho &#8211; known for his gamesmanship tactics down the years &#8211; writing a note on a piece of paper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/09\/78815233-12849643-image-a-1_1702288245570.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho was spotted handing a note to a ballboy during Roma&#8217;s draw with Fiorentina<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/09\/78815243-12849643-image-a-2_1702288249737.jpg\" height=\"325\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ballboy was told to pass it on to Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio as they tried to hold on<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/09\/78815101-12849643-image-a-3_1702288280250.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was a hugely dramatic end to the game after Mourinho&#8217;s side were reduced to nine men\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>He alerted a ballboy who was told to give it to former Wolves stopper Patricio, with the Portuguese star pausing for a moment to take all the instructions in.<\/p>\n<p>Patricio then passed it back to the ballboy &#8211; with the incident coming in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n<p>The TV cameras caught the details of the note, which appeared to be tactical instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roma ultimately held on for the draw, which keeps them in fourth place after 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>However, the table is extremely close in Italy, with Roma&#8217;s arch-rivals Lazio just four points behind them despite languishing in 10th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/09\/78815237-12849643-image-a-4_1702288407935.jpg\" height=\"315\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The TV cameras caught the details of the note, which appeared to be tactical instructions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/09\/78815117-12849643-image-m-6_1702288413250.jpg\" height=\"629\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mourinho is in his third season with Roma and won the Europa Conference League with them<\/p>\n<p>The point caps a good run of form for Roma, with Mourinho&#8217;s side losing just one of their past nine games after a difficult start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho is now in his third season in the Italian capital, with the iconic Portuguese coach having won 65 of his 130 games in charge.<\/p>\n<p>In his first campaign, he helped Roma win the Europa Conference League, before they lost on penalties to Sevilla in last season&#8217;s Europa League final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12849643\/Jose-Mourinho-note-ballboy-Rui-Patricio-Roma-Fiorentina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Mourinho gives secret note to ballboy who passes it onto goalkeeper Rui Patricio as nine-man Roma hold on for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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