Roma suffered two consecutive defeats, two consecutive away games to Roma and Mourinho "lose face", of which the 4-0 defeat to Udinese can also be called an accident, then the Europa League met Ludogorec, this Bulgarian team, Roma still can not win, it is clear that Roma is in trouble.
Just 10 days ago, Roma also ended the August schedule with 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 unbeaten matches, mourinho also won the best of Serie A in August, but in September, Roma fell twice in a row, the momentum of Serie A rise was contained, and even the Europa League wanted to make a good debut, but also encountered big problems.
Mourinho tasted the defeat again
In the match against Luka Goretz, Roma actually played much better than the game with Udinese, but unfortunately, the team scored only 1 goal again with 19 shots on goal, 6 shots on target, and the low efficiency made Ludogorets dare to fight with Roma for a bayonet in part of the time.
And today, let's talk about rome's three major dilemmas today!
1. Inefficient, sluggish forward status
In the summer window this year, in order to improve the efficiency of attack, Roma introduced Two powerful forwards, Dybala and Belotti, in order to improve the team's ability to finish, but in the 6 games so far this season, Roma have scored a total of 7 goals, including 3 goals in 1 game, 1 goal in 4 games, and no goals in 1 game!
For a team that wants to qualify for the Champions League, such an attack is really not enough, because look at Roma's 6 opponents: two promoted teams (Monza, Cremonese), a relegation team Salernitana, and a traditional serie A midstream team Udinese, and the title-contending team Juventus, and ludogorez, who was beaten in the europa League!
This is a very bad level
Roma's three wins this season have all been achieved against promoted horses! Roma's five strikers: Dybala, Tammy Abraham, Shomurodov, Sharawi and Belotti made a total of 20 appearances (including off the bench), but they only scored 4 goals!
In Serie A, Roma completed 82 shots in 5 rounds, temporarily ranking 6th in Serie A, they only had one less shot than third-placed Ac Milan, but the goal difference was 4!
At present, in the top 10 of Serie A, only one team has the same number of goals as Roma, that is, Turin, which ranks 5th, while Turin scored 6 goals and only used 58 shots on goal, of course, Juventus, who scored 7 goals with 57 shots on goal, from the perspective of goal efficiency, Mourinho's team has only a better goal efficiency than some teams 10 away.
From Juventus's shooting data, it can also be seen that Roma can draw Juventus, relying on the fact that the opponent's creativity is insufficient, and Juventus's hard strength or tactics have not played an overwhelming result for Roma.
Abraham's state was unstable
At the same time, Tammy Abraham's form is also very unstable, he has only scored 1 goal in 5 games in Serie A, and 17 shots on goal have finally turned into one goal, with a goal rate of only 6%, which is 3 points lower than last season! Most importantly, Abraham's situation is not an isolated case, but a collective performance of the Roma striker group!
It can be said that Roma's defeat in September has Mourinho's problems, but it is also inseparable from the poor sense of smell of the striker's shot!
2, the general is injured, Mourinho's wife is difficult to cook without rice!
In Roma last season, there are two players who are quite critical: one is the team's main player, Zaniolo, although as a striker he has only scored 2 goals in 28 Serie A appearances, but Mourinho still trusts him very much, Zagnolo can make Roma reduce the midfield excess and make the opponent's defense flaws through his strides.
The second is Mkhitaryan, who has already moved to Inter Milan, Mkhitaryan's personal skills are mature and stable, his ball control and dribbling ability is very good, and his riddles and scoring are very important! They are the players in the Roma squad who can speed up the attack.
Mourinho does not want Zaniolo to leave the team
In the summer window, Zaniolo was once eager to leave Rome, but Mourinho in every interview, very firmly hope to keep Zaniolo, because he could not find a replacement for Zaniolo, and Mkhitaryan's departure, Mourinho had hoped that Wijnaldum could be used as a replacement, but the reality is very cruel, Wijnaldum came off the bench once, and suffered more than 100 days of serious injuries.
And even if Kamala comes later, it is certain that he is not qualified for this position in Mourinho's squad, and for Mourinho, Zaniolo and Wijnaldum are absent together, which is a situation he could not predict, and the facts have proved that the combination of Matic + Christant may be "harmful" to Roma now, but Mourinho's choice is only new signing Camara, or Bovey and Dalber two young players!
Mourinho wants to have a new arrangement
And most importantly, in Roma's midfield lineup, when Zaniolo is injured, the captain Pellegrini often has to go to this position, but in fact, Pellegrini's characteristics are completely different from Zaniolo's, he is more like a two-striker when attacking, good at inserting shots or final passes, holding the ball to advance this work is not what he wants, he can not complete, and the last two games, Pellegrini's evaluation is not good, which also means that Mourinho must find a way to solve this unavoidable problem!
3. Roma's low-quality defense
The reason why Roma have lost in the last 2 games is also directly related to the decline in the quality of the team's defense, in the game, the wolf of the defender line is visible to the naked eye, especially the two goals conceded, which is even more vivid!
Roma conceded the first goal
As you can see, Ludogorets, who is only worth 31.1 million euros, tore apart the entire Roma defense with one straight foot, and Cowley easily smoothed the ball to his left foot to complete the shot! Smalling was primarily responsible for this goal conceded, and when he faced Cowley, he was easily shaken away by him, and did not even block the shot forward, but ran in the opposite direction.
Of course, as Mourinho said, he will not blame the back line, because the loss of the ball is a collective problem, which is true, because in this loss, it is not only the back line players who make mistakes, the midfield has no interception role, and it is also one of the culprits!
Nemanja Matic can no longer play a vital role in dealing with such a rapid counterattack, but the younger Christant can go up and down, and at the same time the speed of movement is similar to That of Nemanja Matic, such a poor midfield defense, can not shirk the responsibility!
Roma conceded the second goal
Roma equalised in the 86th minute, but it was clear that Mourinho had sent most of the main players and did not want a draw, so Roma continued to press hard, and then in the 88th minute, Ludogorez completed the kill.
This is also a low-quality defense, as with the first goal conceded, in the face of the opponent's ball players, the Roma players are too "gentle", do not want to try to rush forward, just want to let the opponent naturally "complete the attack" through visual means!
In this second goal conceded, Roma had at least 3 chances to try to contain the attack, or block the opponent's forward pass, or block the opponent's shooting angle, but the Roma players could not do a single one, in short, Roma is now a big problem! When you can't score the ball, you can still rely on defense to move forward steadily, but when you can't defend, you will become an opponent that everyone wants to meet!
Conclusion: How should Mourinho transform Rome?
It is believed that Tammy Abraham may not be able to play against Empoli, but the good news is that Zaniolo is recovering, which may be an opportunity for Roma to get back on track, after all, Zaniolo's return is very important for Roma! It may also be conclusive.
Mourinho needs to solve numerous problems as soon as possible
However, both of Zaniolo's legs have been overhauled and Mourinho must do a good job of how the team should move forward in the absence of his future.
Of course, there are also questions about how Captain Pellegrini should use it, how to improve the striker's shooting target, how to improve Spinazzolla's competitive status, how to change the midfield structure and so on.
Roma spent a summer window without spending much money, but was fully reinforced, but this reinforcement is not decisive, Roma still have some positions that are not competitive, but Roma have also achieved the limit, and Roma and Mourinho have no way back, Mourinho must change the status quo, otherwise, Roma may not wait for the day when they are not eligible for the Champions League!
The world of competitive sports is always so cruel!