Mourinho's tactics have been changing over the years, whether it is flying on both wings at Chelsea or efficient interceptions in midfield sweeping the Premier League, and winning the Champions League with a team of four Inter, no Real Madrid style of play can reflect the peak of Mourinho's defensive counter-attacking tactics.
Although Real Madrid failed to win the Champions League, the team's style of play can be described as a level that no one can surpass in defensive counter-attacking tactics. The lightning speed of the counterattack and the perfect efficiency of the pass, any team will be afraid of it. The tactical configuration and formation of the 4231 system are a perfect masterpiece, Alonso at the back and Ozil in the front, Di Maria on the wing and Benzema's impeccable running tandem is dazzling, and Ronaldo's all-round overhead kick to win is simply easy.
In particular, Alonso's sharp overhead long pass is like precise guidance, and he found the attacking players in front of the field without fail, and Ozil also used his imaginative hidden passes to tear through the opponent's defense like a sharp weapon, and the two players can be said to be the most critical players in Mourinho's 4231 defensive counter-attacking tactical system, and Real Madrid has no counter-attack to replace.
Now Roma helpless reality of the midfield defense is not good, have to let the defender go to the middle to cooperate in defense, once the ball is broken it is easy to play one less person to lose the ball, change the most familiar counter-attack tactics 4231 with 352 kicks to use the advantage of numbers to curb the opponent's attack, only to stop the situation of losing points in the top few of the league.
The team's counter-attack also has the ability of the most critical forward position of speed, the team's no one can pass the imaginative pass, the long ball threat scheduling in midfield can rarely form pressure, create the opponent's defensive chaos to form a favorable counter-attack, Pellegrini's role is too poor to form a small range of possession and passing, Roma's attack to the front is basically dead, the opponent will quickly defend in place, the team will lose the favorable counter-attack opportunity into the iron barrel formation.
The lack of quality of crosses on the wing is also the reason for the team's forward struggle, which can be called the graveyard of the striker, to know that Belotti and Shomurodov, Tammy Abraham only has a single-digit number of goals that dare not be imagined for attacking efficiency, Mourinho must change this attacking situation or it will be difficult for the team to achieve good results, and finally lose three points.