Genoa coach Alexander Blessin responds to José Mourinho saying that Tammy Abraham clearly fouled Johan Vasquez, so Roma‘s potential winner was rightly disallowed.
Il Grifone held the Giallorossi to a 0-0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico, but Nicolò Zaniolo saw a late goal disallowed after a VAR check. The Giallorossi starlet was sent off for dissent and Mourinho was all but happy after the final whistle.
“If that is a foul, then this is no longer football, we have to call it something else. We need a different name, because it’s a different sport,” the Special One told DAZN.
“If the referee made a mistake and disallowed the goal, he will be the first to be upset at getting it wrong, while for Roma it is déjà vu, as this has already happened many times to us this season.”
Genoa coach Blessin doesn’t share Mourinho’s view. “I watched the replay and Abraham stepped on Vasquez’s foot. It was a clear foul and I think the referee made the right choice,” the 48-year-old told DAZN.
“I am happy, that’s how we can escape from this situation,” the coach continued.
“We suffered after the red card [Leo Ostigard] but it’s important to have kept the second clean sheet in a row. It’s just one point, we must improve in the next games.”