Jose Mourinho was sacked with Roma ninth in the Serie A table
The two announcements were separated by about 12 hours. At the Best Fifa Football awards, Pep Guardiola was named the world’s outstanding manager now. Then the man who was supposed to be his nemesis was sacked by the club ninth in Serie A.
Jose Mourinho can always say that he won the first European trophy Roma secured in their history — and being Mourinho, he probably will — but he was dismissed with them nearer the foot of the Serie A table, in terms of points, than the top.
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