In 2021, Roma completed all the fixtures of the first half of the season, with 10 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats in 19 games, with 32 points, ranking sixth in the league table. This result, of course, is difficult to satisfy. Roma, in particular, lost three or four games against mid-range teams, a drop from expectations before the start of the season. When Mourinho parachuted into Rome, he knew that even if the famous coach arrived, Roma would need a period of time to reorganize. However, the three-game winning streak at the beginning of the season did give hope to many fans. The so-called greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, so it is indeed disappointing to only rank sixth in the league in half a season.
If false hopes aside, the results of the first half of the season are not lost, of course, not proportional to the investment of 90 million transfers, but fans familiar with this team of Roma also understand how this team Is a lot of holes. To briefly explain, last season under the guidance of Paul Fonseca, Roma relied on personal ability in attack. Defensively, it is defended in terms of numbers and high pressure. Therefore, it is easier to win against some weaker teams. However, as soon as it encounters a team with strong strength or the same level, it will immediately "be weak when it is strong" and the results will be dismal. This season, Mourinho's arrival has injected Roma with something unprecedented, which is to focus on defense. But a range of defensive players in the Roma squad, including Gianluca Mancini, Ibanez and many others, did not have good defensive awareness and concentration. These consciousnesses and habits, in addition to being innate, also require a period of training and cultivation the day after tomorrow. Therefore, this season often sees that the team has invested a lot of manpower and resources in defense, and the performance of defense is still impressive. Of course, the recent comeback of Smalling has improved, but it is still far from the standard in the mind of the coach.
In terms of attack, Roma's current attack of Mourinho is obviously a bit out of place. First of all, Tammy Abraham's performance is decent, the Serie A is still in the exploratory stage, and the tacit understanding with his teammates needs to be improved. He must perfectly show the coach's instructions, coupled with the need for further improvement of his grasp, he will meet the value of this year's standard king. Among others, such as Henrik Mkhitaryan and Niccolò Zaniolo, struggled in the first half of the season, with the former struggling in unfamiliar positions and losing his strength. The latter slowly recovered from the injury, and the performance was still ups and downs, and the overall situation was not satisfactory. Attacking 2021, with the exception of captain Lorenzo Pellegrini, the overall feeling is a big setback, and in the first half of the season, among the top eight teams in the league table, Roma only scored seventh, and only Juventus scored fewer goals than Roma. Unstable is a portrayal of the entire first half of Rome. Fortunately, Mourinho also found the problem in the past one or two months, and began to play the 352 formation (which is also related to a certain injury problem), and the team's effect has improved. At least the two wings are official wingers, no longer barely held by Henrik Mkhitaryan. After all, in Mourinho's previous formation, excellent wing players are not few, but Roma's current wing players are really unsightly, which makes the editor miss Perotti, a technically excellent winger, with his excellent game skills and positive defensive awareness, Mourinho must love him to death.
Looking back at the first half of the season, how should Roma treat themselves in the second half? In fact, Xiaobian is also very simple and clear to say, wait. Fans unfamiliar with Roma may think that Mourinho's arrival has failed to bring anything to Roma, wasting so many transfer fees and reversing results. In this regard, the editor definitely admits that the standard of the new director Thiago Pinto has been average this summer. There were no surprises in terms of player buying and selling, and the buyers were more expensive, and the failure to sign Granit Xhaka at Arsenal was also a failure. However, he also tried his best to clear up the redundant personnel he had bought before leaving, including Enzozi and Javier Pastore, who were easy to send. The team also has Federico Fazio, Davide Thornton and Amadou Diavala and other high-paying people, which are very understandable to say that the mess left by the previous dynasty is very understandable.
The Wait in Rome was mainly divided into acquisitions and tactics. Roma's current formation is completely lacking, on the one hand, there is no player required by the manager, on the other hand, there is a lack of members with strong team qualities. Many players in the squad are also in a state of skill, the most obvious of which is the midfield duo, Jordaan Wellert and Brian Christant. The midfield composed of two people, on the one hand, is difficult to block the opponent's attack, and on the other hand, it is difficult to push the ball forward, the former is more obvious that it has reached the peak of technology, and it is difficult to have room for improvement; while the latter is obviously too late to start, even if how to progress is not to the qualified level of competition. These can only be gradually replaced through slow acquisition, and what is more embarrassing is that due to the epidemic in the past two years, the operation of many teams has also been difficult, and Roma has also made it clear that it needs to sell redundant personnel who are highly paid to buy other new players in order to avoid falling into the financial difficulties of the previous boss again, which also makes the situation more worrying and the process of Rome's revival will be delayed.
The second wait is the tactical run-in and adaptation, this year saw the progress of Ibanez, but the previous defensive situation is indeed very deadly, as a central defender to play too casually, these are not the bad habits established overnight, but in recent years, Roma's defensive coaches are obviously incompetent, failing to establish a good culture in the concentration and defensive camp. These defensive habits and awareness also need to be cultivated step by step, and now we can only wait for the players to be able to improve as soon as possible. Offensively, the fans are of course waiting for Tammy Tammy Tammy Abraham to further adapt to serie A rhythm and tactics as soon as possible. Xiaobian still has some confidence in him in this regard, even if his performance in the number of goals this season is not ideal, but fans who have been following Roma for a long time will also see that his physique is very top-notch in Serie A and needs some time to improve. Secondly, there is a need for a player on the flanks who can break through, and the return of Leonardo Spinazzolla should solve the urgent need, but if the team is to go further, it is also necessary to acquire a winger next summer. Of course, the back position is still a priority, and if Roma want to go further in the second half of the season, this position must acquire the right players in January.
Finally, the second half of the season outlook, returning to the Champions League is a little difficult, after all, there is a six-point difference from fourth-placed Atalanta, unless Roma has a breakthrough progress, it is not easy to smooth out the gap of 6 points, after all, Roma will have to play milan and Juventus in succession, and what will happen after two games is unknown. On the contrary, the Italian Cup and the European Union can be more expected, although the latter is an obvious chicken rib, but After all, Roma has not won any trophies for 13 years, coupled with Tottenham Abstention, Xiaobian feels that Roma can fight for this (although there is a massacre in the group stage is really unbearable).
Finally, the editor felt that Mourinho's temporary coaching was acceptable, after all, the mental outlook and desire to win this year's Roma players were far better than last season. Moreover, the entire Reconstruction Plan for Roma believes that the management and the manager understand that it will take two or three years to complete, and hope that the fans and management can give him more time, of course, provided that Roma has more progress. And everyone is most worried about whether the players and Mourinho will have the problem of constant disputes and civil strife in other teams in 2022, and Xiaobian feels that in this regard, everyone can rest assured that the players who have the right to speak in the locker room in the Roma squad are basically not.
It will be up to Roma to see if they sign new players in the days to come, as a first gift for fans in 2022.