The two 1-0 victories enhance the team’s defensive organization and management skills. But as the coach says: “We are a hyper-offensive team and the goals will come.” So…
Cynical and essential, even if it has created and wasted opportunities. On balance, however, Mourinho’s Roma are there at the top of the table together with Napoli and Inter with minimal effort. Or so it seems, at least from the results. Because the two victories with Salernitana and Cremonese both came 1-0 (decisive goals by Cristante in Salerno and Smalling at the Olimpico), which then seems to be the perfect victory for Mou’s classic teams.
And go on to explain that instead Roma could score much more and also concede goals against Cremonese, the almanacs remain 1-0. And the extent wins.
The readings
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However, the Mourinhana imprint is there and it is strong. In the defensive phase, with Roma that since the beginning of the season (between friendlies and the league) have conceded only 5 goals in 10 games, closing on 7 occasions with a sweet clean sheet. In short, the tightness of the defense became the real strength of the Giallorossi, even if the Cremonese stopped on the crossbar of Dessers and on the outside pole of Pickel. And then in the management of the result, which Mourinho carried out in both circumstances, in the last twenty minutes of the game. In both cases, among other things, putting in someone like Matic, who with experience and personality solved all the problems that were being created there in the middle of the field. “Nemanja played 20 minutes of great quality, managing every situation,” said the Roma coach yesterday. And games are also won in this way, managing critical moments, freezing games, bringing home even the smallest but equally important result. Here, in this Rome has become cynical and essential, just as Mou wants. Not in the management of occasions, because there was still a lot wrong there.
Few goals
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Even with Cremonese Roma often left the ball of the game in the hands of their opponents (who in fact closed with 54% of possession, exactly as had happened with Salernitana, who had 53%), but this did not prevented scoring chances from being built. Abraham first missed a sensational goal (Valeri’s deviation comes later) and then he saw no from Radu, Dybala had another important opportunity, El Shaarawy was unlucky on the crossbar and more generally 2-3 starts that could have been lethal were instead handled poorly in the final choices. “We are a hyper-offensive team, sooner or later the goals will also come,” commented Mou. And so it is, with that offensive potential you don’t even have to worry that much. And when the goals arrive, then Roma will stop being cynical and essential and, most likely, will also become sparkling.
August 23 – 7:05 pm
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