Head coach of Italian Serie A side Roma Jose Mourinho was left unhappy at the end of the penultimate round of games in the Europa League after his team drop to second on the log behind Czech Republic side Slavia Prague.
Mourinho is keen on his team finishing as group winners to avoid going into a playoff against teams that finished third in the UEFA Champions League group but a 1-1 draw against Swiss side Servtte saw then drop to second..
They went into the round of games hoping for a win to keep the pressure on the group leaders Slavia Prague and took the lead in the 21st minute through Romelu Lukaku but Chris Bedia levelled for the home side in the 50th minute.
Roma were still level on points with Slavia who were tied at 2-2 away to Moldovan side Sheriff and it would have seen them go into the final round of games looking for a win against bottom side Sheriff.
However in the final minute of the game in Moldova, former Nigeria U20 forward Muhamed Tijani rose from the bench to hand his side a 3-2 win and also taking them to 12 points two more than Roma.
Slavia Prague will now need at least a draw at home against Servette to clinch top spot, while Roma will need a huge win against Sheriff and a heavy defeat to Slavia in order to finish as group G winners.
Osas Mahawi
