The season just started but José Mourinho is already in a crisis of his early results at Roma. The Portuguese has yet to win any of the three league games he has played.reaping a draw with Salernitana on the first day and two losses to Hellas Verona and Milan respectively, both with the same 2–1 record.
Wolves sit 18th in Serie A. Sink into relegation along with Cagliari and Empoli, they are five points behind defending champions Napoli and eight behind the leaders.Inter Milan and Milan.
sports, Not scoring a goal is worrying given the many opportunities to score and the high percentage of possession. The team scored four goals (Belotti 2, Spinazzola and Aouar) and conceded six. And as the data shows, contrary to what one might assume, Mourinho’s Roma want the ball and are not looking for foul play.
With the exception of the last game against Milan, in which San Siro dominated the ball with a figure of 58%. The novelist team more than won possession of the ball against Salernitana (60%) and Hellas Verona (72%). The latter does not explain how the Catholics did not achieve at least one draw, since they have taken 23 shots on goal and played one more player in the last 20 minutes. I calculate the discount
They also had better chances than their opponents in the other two games and have been outnumbered by the Milanists for the last half hour. But with the score 0-2 on the scoreboard, the only thing that Mourinho’s team could do was close the gap at the expense of Leonardo Spinacsola. already in the addendum.
The Portuguese is lined up on the field according to the 3-5-2 scheme. The dominance in midfield is palpable thanks to the presence of the aforementioned Houssem Aouar and Leandro Paredes, who joined this summer from Lyon and PSG. accordingly, and who have already become important in the starting XIs along with Lorenzo Pellegrini, leaving on the bench such a model novelist as Brian Cristante.
However, The high number of players that Mourinho has in this delimitation means that he has not yet acquired another player from PSG’s debut, his compatriot Renato Sanches.. In fact, 21-year-old youth team player Edoardo Bove seems to have won the position for now with more minutes.
Last season’s opener, Pole Nikola Zalewski, also failed to secure ownership. The 21-year-old has been sidelined by another young player, 18-year-old Ricardo Pagano on loan from Inter.
In defense, the participation of another summer player, for example, the Dane Rasmus Christensen, stands out. on loan from Leeds and who spends a few minutes as a right winger battling Turkish Zeki Celik for the title, leaving Dutchman Rick Karsdorp in the background while striker Leonardo Spinazzola – master and master of the left flank without any competition.
Veteran Chris Smalling and Spaniard Diego Llorente, also on loan from Leeds, are starting centre-backs alongside Gianluca Mancini. leaving on the bench another player who has not yet made his debut – the Ivorian Evan Ndichka from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Finally, In attack, Mourinho also has a cluster of players. The tactical system proposed by the Portuguese means that he has only two strikers: Andrea Belotti has a guaranteed position, while Paulo Dybala and Stefan El Shaarawy fight for minutes.
WITH Tammy Abraham is injured until at least February, Romelu Lukaku is almost not counted for the Portuguese. The Belgian star, on loan from Chelsea, wants to shine again in the Italian capital, but along with Bayer Leverkusen striker Sardar Azmoun, they spend more time on the bench than on the pitch.
José Mourinho has to put the pieces of the puzzle together, which is very difficult to solve at this break in the national team due to the high competition that exists in various positions on the pitch due to the high quality of its players. Senior and youth must fit into the dressing room with very demanding goals from which the Europa League kicks off on 21 September. Shortly before that, on Sunday 17th at 20:45, the first test of the league will take place against a direct rival right now, Empoli, the red light of Serie A.