Felix Afena-Gyan personally gave AS Roma three points in the Serie A on Sunday evening. The eighteen-year-old attacker came in the game with Genoa fifteen minutes before the end of the time for Eldor Shomurodov, at a score of 0-0, and decided with a goal. placed bet and a wonderful hit in the top corner: 0-1 and 0-2. Trainer José Mourinho revealed afterwards that he will go on a shoe hunt on Monday.
“I promised Felix that I would buy the shoes he likes if he scored,” Mourinho laughed after the game. “They are very expensive, because they cost eight hundred euros. After his first goal, Felix immediately walked over to me, to make sure I wouldn’t forget. Tomorrow morning (Monday, ed.) the first thing I will do is buy him those shoes.”
It was Afena-Gyan’s third game in Serie A, after previous raids against Cagliari (1-2 win) and AC Milan (1-2 loss). He is now the first footballer from 2003 to be accurate in Serie A. “I’m sorry for the youth team, but Felix will stay with us,” Mourinho continued in conversation with DAZN. “I’m impressed with how cool he is in front of goal. Not only is he technically fantastic, he also has a great mentality.”
“You have talents these days who think they know everything, but Felix is humble and you feel that he listens to everyone and also tries to do something with the information. That’s fantastic.” Afena-Gyan has only been in Italy since January this year. He was discovered in his native Ghana at the EurAfrica FC Academy. After a few months on Italian soil, he was already brought into the A-selection by Paulo Fonseca to train with, but it was Mourinho who finally made the attacker his debut as Giallorosso granted.
“I thank God for the opportunity he gave me, the team, the coach, the fans and my teammates for the great support. I also want to thank my mother in Ghana, I love her,” Afena-Gyan said afterwards. “Mourinho is a great person, a great manager and a great trainer. He motivates you to keep learning and getting better every day. I am very happy that he is here.”
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Internazionale | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | AS Roma | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Lazio | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Bologna | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | empoli | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Venice | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Torino | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 15 | Udinese | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 | sampdoria | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | special | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -18 | 7 |