Rick Karsdorp has ruined coach José Mourinho for several reasons, various Italian media report. On Wednesday evening, after the Serie A match with Sassuolo (1-1), the coach had an outburst of anger at the press conference, which, according to Corriere dello Sportwas entirely aimed at the Dutch left back.
Karsdorp came in against Sassuolo only in the 65th minute as a substitute for Zeki Celik and then made a mistake with the goal five minutes before the end. At the press conference, the elector showed his anger clearly. “The team’s commitment was betrayed because of the attitude of an unprofessional player. He betrayed everyone else. A mistake is part of the game, but I had 16 players on the field and I didn’t like one.” Although Mourinho declined to name his name, it became clear that the player in question was dealt with harshly. “I told the player to find another team in January.”
The day after the Portuguese outburst, it becomes clear in Italian media that Karsdorp has not been popular with Mourinho for at least a year. “The overall victory in the Conference League disguised the stiff relationship between the duo,” writes calciomercato. According to the news site, the relationship reached 0-1 on the night after the lost derby against Lazio. While all his teammates were quite disappointed with the defeat, Karsdorp chose, not for the first time, to go out to nightclub Piazza Navona.
Partly due to his night out after the lost derby, Mourinho decided to let the former Feyenoord player start as a substitute. Karsdorp did not only disappoint with his substitute, because his attitude on the field would also have led to a lot of frustration among teammates and his trainer. At first he would have slowed down when he was called up to relieve Celik; then the left back refused to cheer when Tammy Abraham opened the scoring in the eightieth minute of play. The selection of Roma would have reacted angrily to Karsdorp, who also refused to apologize.