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WATCH: Vintage Jose Mourinho! Roma boss runs to bear hug ball boy as he celebrates Giallorossi goal in victory over Udinese

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  • Mourinho bear hugged ball boy after Roma's win over Udinese
  • Roma beat Udinese 3-1 in Serie A
  • Giallorossi fifth in Serie A
  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Giallorossi took the lead through Gianluca Mancini's strike in the first half before Florian Thauvin brought Udinese back in the game with a 57th-minute equaliser. The hosts then regained their lead in the 81st minute thanks to Paulo Dybala's goal before Stephan El Shaarawy ensured all three points for his side with a 90th-minute goal.

    Manager Mourinho could not keep his calm after El Shaarawy's winner as he ran towards the Roma bench and bear-hugged the first person he saw which happened to be a ball boy.

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    WHAT MOURINHO SAID ABOUT HUGGING A BALL BOY

    Speaking to reporters after the match, the legendary manager said, "I celebrated the goal that closed the match… there was a kid, luckily it wasn’t a woman or a policeman. He was the first one I saw in front of me!"

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    WHAT NEXT FOR ROMA?

    AS Roma finally got back to winning ways and climbed up to the fifth position in Serie A as they now have 21 points from 13 matches. They will next take on Servette in the Europa League on Thursday.

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