Rome swerves, the reasons: corrective measures are urgently needed

Rome broke up. Cut in two, long and slow, not very compact in defending. Six goals conceded in five days against lower-level opponents are a lit siren: it is suddenly jumped the balance. In Razgrad the team did not collapse as in Udine, on the contrary, overall they might have deserved a draw as Mourinho claims, but did not lose by chance. From the revived Pereyra to Nonato, a Brazilian at his absolute debut, anyone at this moment is capable of feast in the Roma penalty area.

Loss

Until last week, defensive stability was the strong point. The postulate of existence. The ability to keep dangers at a distance had been the main asset of Tirana’s triumph and had also given confirmation in the first four league games, when Rui Patricio was only beaten by a fabulous free-kick from Vlahovic. But the involuntary assist from Karsdorp and Udogie, which guided last Sunday’s match, upset every evaluation and every certainty. Roma today is not in the conditions – physical, tactical, psychological, boh – of supporting three forwards plus one or two outside wingers who push and a pair of medians who, by Mourinho’s own preferences, are not well matched: Cristante and Maticin the summer projects, they should have alternated alongside Wijnaldum, while in the accident-emergency they have always found themselves side by side. In the long run it is a defect that pays for itself in terms of the quality of the maneuver and the speed of folding. Lorenzo Pellegrini becomes a captain spokesperson for the mood of the locker room: «We were not very cynical. It seems to me that this was the main problem, more than the defensive errors. It’s a moment like this, we also lack some important players, but we have to get together again: last year we encountered some difficulties and then we got out of it “. Pellegrini’s recipe is simple: «Continue to work, with the same enthusiasm as ever. We know that Roma must do more. We will start again with a victory already on Monday in Empoli “.

Commendable

The positive notes of the Bulgarian bad night come from Paulo Dybala, always at the center of the game and always ready to draw football, and especially from Eldor Shomurodov, the certified redundancy who discovered the pleasure to be important. Unfortunately for him, the equalizer, celebrated with his hands plugging his ears to defend them from the whistles of the fans, was nullified by the next defensive doll. But at least it is a strong signal that comes from a serious professional, who does not really like the market bin sticker. Against Ludogorets, even before the goal, Shomurodov seemed much brighter than Belottiwho has an irrefutable alibi on his side after the first game as a starter: to help Roma he had to play with very little fuel in the legs, very few collective training sessions. It will grow: hopefully, together with the team that now she got lost in unexpected doubts.