Roma head coach Jose Mourinho has responded to Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri, who said on the eve of the Rome derby that his team was playing a tough Champions League match, while Roma was playing a "friendly" in the Europa League against Slavia.
"The most important game in my life is always the next one. And it has been like that since I became a coach. I think that if anyone was offended by this comment, it was Slavia, because Sarri said that Slavia was a poor team.
I always respect my rivals. Maybe this is the difference between a coach who has won 26 trophies and a coach who has won almost nothing.
I would like to hear the official reaction of Serie A, because it was a direct criticism from Maurizio Sarri. I'm waiting," Mourinho was quoted as saying by Get Italian Football News.