Roma chaos as Lukaku is distributed off for ‘leg breaker’ deal with and Mourinho sees pink
Romelu Lukaku was on the coronary heart of some chaotic scenes after being despatched off for an atrocious deal with.
And the Roma striker’s studs-up problem on Fiorentina’s Christian Kouame was criticised as a possible leg-breaker. The two groups have been drawing 1-1 within the closing minutes of their Serie A conflict on the Stadio Olimpico when Lukaku’s sliding problem missed the mark by greater than a level.
The Belgian clearly made contact with Kouame’s shin as replays confirmed his boot ripping the Fiorentina man’s sock aside. Not that the clear red-worthy try prevented Giallorossi boss Jose Mourinho from protesting wildly because the scenes devolved in Italy’s capital.
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La Viola boss Vincenzo Italiano rightly ran down the touchline in response to Lukaku’s lunge, which may see him miss upcoming video games in opposition to Bologna, Napoli and Juventus. The problem was that a lot sillier given Nicola Zalewski had already been despatched off for Roma, who held on to attract 1-1 regardless of the deficit.
“What a stupid, dangerous tackle by Lukaku,” railed one spectator on-line. “He could have broken the Fiorentina player’s tibia into two pieces.”
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“You can’t argue with that,” echoed one other. “Disgusting from Lukaku.” Others noticed the extra light-hearted aspect of the incident and a 3rd viewer replied: “Alexa, show me a forward’s tackle.”
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Fiorentina additionally had a participant despatched off on the Olimpico, although Nikola Milenkovic’s dismissal did not have as a lot impression contemplating he was an unused substitute. A draw was sufficient to maintain Mourinho’s males fourth in Serie A in the intervening time, whereas the Italiano’s aspect stay in seventh and missed their likelihood to leapfrog Roma.
‘The Special One’ now faces a conundrum in how you can restructure his aspect for the gruelling exams to return with out Lukaku obtainable. The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Inter frontman sits joint-third within the Serie A scoring charts with seven objectives this season, however it appears his possibilities of including to that haul in 2023 are over.