After Roma won the European Union championship in the second year, the wave of league wins seemed to see the strength and tenacity of the team. A bizarre 0-4 fiasco was puzzling, first of all, the players did not have a sense of compactness and control over distance, and the front court was a mess. The most puzzling thing is that captain Pellegrini's downturn is no longer a two-game situation, since the renewal of the contract has completely become an ordinary player, rarely there are sharp passers and passes, into a downturn.
Individual dribble breaks and threatening passes are average in every game, and this is one of the players who have performed out of form in Jose Mourinho's second season in charge. Pellegrini has a hard time having the ball and possession as strongly as Msitaryan, can pass threatening passes between attack and defense transitions, and is now defensively positioned, with almost zero offensive play.
The captain's slump is the epitome of roma's entire team, there are almost no direct pass threats in the middle of the road, the penetration of the front is difficult to do, it feels that the players are struggling to play and rarely hit the wall, and the support on the side is very limited. The presence is very low, only the role of the set piece remains. Mourinho needs to make too many adjustments to the team's attack, the responsibilities given by the captain are too great, and the benchmark for the team to move forward cannot be missed. Pellegrini went to the wing to return to the wingers, midfielder Bovey can try more to start and use the running tandem midfield to control the ball, the team's attack can improve, Mourinho still did not solve the vacancy of the departure of Mcitaryan in the middle, and the midfield shortcomings that led the whole body are the epitome of the entire team.
No one can do the strength of Mkhitaryan in the key transition of midfield, which is also the dilemma of the team, and it is a major weakness of the whole team, and Mourinho needs to adjust too much to test the future of the team. Zagnolo is expected to return to the counter-attack more efficiently to make up for the shortcomings of the midfield defense.