Roma were in the top four this season before this round of matches.
FC Internazionale Milano (football club)
Having lost earlier.
AC Milan (football club)
Lazio win, Roma as long as beat the bottom of the Cremona can points to tie the Milan duo, tied for second in the league, and at the same time can pull away and sixth, the loss of this round of Atalanta as much as six points of the gap, but unfortunately, things did not go as planned, 1-2 defeat, Mourinho was also sentenced by a red card, is currently banned for two matches, no access to the next round and the
Juventus, Italian football team
The Great War.
First of all, let's take a look at the starting formations and lineups of the two teams, the two teams have similar formations, Roma play the customary 3-4-2-1, Cremona 3-4-3 from time to time changes to 3-5-2. Mourinho is also aware of the importance of this game, in addition to the suspension of Smalling for Koumboula to play, and the lineup of the midweek game in Europe, different from the lineups of the midweek game only to the return of Wijnaldum, who has returned from a major injury, to the center of the field to rotate veteran Anthony Martial, Abraham was just removed from the lineup and continues to be started by Belotti, who scored in the last game.
Cremona started the game defending about 12 yards in front of the halfway line, not a full-scale high-pressure stare-down, but it was clear that they didn't get on the ball when Roma's center backs had the ball, but as soon as they scored a touchdown, they pressed all the way up the pitch, turning it into something closer to a stare-down defense.
The defense did this for almost the whole game, and in the early stages of the first half, the Roma players were able to play a small game on the right side of the field, with Dybala dropping back to play the ball and then hitting the gap behind the opponent.
However, after hitting the front, Cremona retreated quickly, and the Roma receivers were not able to run in time to get the ball carrier in a good position to make a pass, and did not threaten the opposing defense too well.
And this game without Smalling, usually play 3 back left Ibanez put in the center, but Ibanez himself is excellent ability to grab, but also can hold the ball to promote the player, this due to Smalling ban, was put in the middle of the road can not give play to his characteristics, and the left side of the Koumoubra does not have the ability to hold the ball to promote the ability to the left side of the first half of the nearly no attack, only to rely on the right side of the sporadic attacks and backfield out of the ball to find the big feet The only thing they could rely on in the first half was sporadic attacks from the right side of the field and big passes from the back of the field to find the pivot point in front of them, but the success rate was not high.
Roma's goal conceded in the first half was a brilliant goal kicked in by the opposition after a big kick out was snapped up and the defense didn't do a good job of keeping an eye on the ball.
The sudden loss of the ball made Roma fall behind early, and Cremona, who took the lead, didn't play conservatively. Seeing that Roma couldn't break through their own stares, they pressed their defense even more, so that Roma could only pass the ball forward with their big feet, which made Roma lose the ball continuously.
In the first half, Roma had only 4 shots on goal, no shots on target, a pass success rate of only 78%, and lost possession as many as 92 times, falling behind 0-1.
Mourinho had an argument with the fourth referee at the beginning of the second half, and was sent off by the referee with a red card. I won't go into the details of what happened after the match. Although the coach was sent off, and after the halftime adjustments, Roma still did not have a good response, facing Cremona's full-scale pressure, the midfield, except for Dybala's retreat to receive the ball, other players did not give too much help to Roma's backfield players, once the holders of the players were targeted or clutched by opponents, they often just dropped the ball or pass back, which made Roma difficult to organize attacks.
Seeing that the situation has not been able to open, Mourinho in the 64 to 68 minutes between the five players, Abraham, Xavi, Solbakken, Matic and Karlstorp to play, the formation has also been adjusted to 4-2-3-1. Abraham came out of the Roma out of the long ball is no longer just a pivot point for the strikers, but to directly play the ball to the opposing defenders in the back of the space, so tactical adjustments are also soon to see the effect of the adjustment.
Abraham missed a great chance, but a minute later it was the same tactic again, the same long pass from Mancini Jr. Winger Spinazzona stepped forward to counter offside, and took the ball completely unmarked in the penalty area, and he easily pushed the ball into the goal, and Roma finally equalized the score.
Roma continued to create chances after the goal, Dybala's shot from the edge of the penalty area was too square, and Xavi succeeded in a counter-offside, but unfortunately was unable to complete the shot when he tried to push forward to break through the keeper and was plucked to the ball by the opponent.
