In the serie A battle two days earlier, Roma was once again disappointing, and the whole match was powerless to fight back, with only 90 minutes of Sharawi's success, losing 1-2 to AC Milan. This year, Roma's matches against the strong teams, in addition to taking a point from Napoli, against Juventus, Lazio and Milan, Roma are all defeated. Although Roma are still in fourth place, the overall performance is disappointing. What exactly went wrong with Rome?
First, what kind of changes did Mourinho bring to Rome? It can be seen on a tactical and psychological level. In terms of tactics, it is obvious that last year's half-time quick pressing has changed to a more defensive tactic. The number of assists on both sides of the line was reduced, with midfielders Brian Christant and Lorenzo Pellegrini attacking with short and long passes, while Tammy Abraham stood at the front to negotiate with the opponent. This formation and the handling of the ball is more practical than in the previous days of Paul Fonseca. On the spiritual level, Mourinho instilled in the players the spirit of never giving up, and from many games this season, we can see that the players' fighting spirit is far better than last season. Roma's tactics became closer to victory, and the players were willing to fight for the coach. It looks pretty good. However, since eleven games, Roma have achieved six wins, one draw and four defeats, which has disappointed the fans a little.
The reason is that the problems accumulated in Rome over the years are really full of holes and cannot be solved overnight. Roma's squad has indeed improved significantly under Mourinho's regulation, but many of the players' own problems are still there, such as the defensive problems of Gonzalo Villar and Gianluca Mancini. The midfield of Brian Christant and Jordaan Wellertue has insufficient coverage and defensive strength, and Jordaan Welletu's teleportation ability is only average. Henrik Mkhitaryan and Niccolò Zaniolo have long been absent from their best positions. Tammy Abraham also failed to show his excellent physical fitness and speed, and as a single arrow, his back technique still has a lot of room for improvement, failing to take advantage of his own strengths and failing to grasp his own technical characteristics in this position, that is, having a passion in the air, and failing to meet his 40 million worth.
On the other hand, Rome found Mourinho at this time, and the time was not very ideal. Mourinho's genre is familiar to everyone, and even though he has lost touch with the title of champion coach, he is definitely one of the best coaches in the world today. What he is best at is to mobilize the morale of the players, push the state and morale of the players to the peak in a short period of time, and win the most championships in two or three years. But now, Roma's squad is in ruins, and it seems that it will be difficult to regroup to a state that can win the championship in two or three years. A few months after the start of the season, they did improve and morale, but they just couldn't win the game. This situation is similar to the early days of Mourinho's departure in the past, and it will slowly become a vicious circle, where players and managers will begin to distrust each other, and eventually end up with the previous dismissal. And Roma and Mourinho's honeymoon period also appears to be shorter than expected.
Mourinho himself has its problems. As a coach with a rich coaching economy, I do have a lot of ideas for myself. This season, for example, he has clearly shown extreme distrust of the bench. In the previous game, several players were more publicly blamed, which further showed the refusal to rotate. As a result, the regular players are exhausted, having struggled against Cagliari and even more powerless against Milan this game. This situation will have a serious impact on both the substitute players and the main selection.
Finally, the Roma media also bear a heavy responsibility in this regard. Roma continues to make a cult of personality for Mourinho on social media and launch a variety of products to give fans false hope. In fact, Roma's excessive giving of fans hope is also the reason for today's gap. Simply put, even if the team has been improving, the improvement is lower than expected.