MD22: Sassuolo vs Roma (February 1, 2020)

lol he is paid to score goals he scored one just if defence would not allow opposition to score would be splendid especialy smalling at faulth for two goals or do you think dzeko should ran back and be cb or dm. my first team is dortmund but roma for dzeko and watching them play in first half i cheered for sassuolo from then

 

You're right, our performance in the first half certainly helped Sassuolo, but they ruthlessly exploited it and that is to their credit.

Including the two Coppa Italia games, we have conceded 13 goals in 7 games: very poor.

 

Ibanez/Kolarov/Mancini/Villar in midfield until Diawara is back, Cristante can’t start anymore.

 

I was just thinking the same thing. Cristante's best season (or only good season) was when playing in a completely different position and role. He's being shoehorned into a defensive midfielder and he's doing a terrible job. He's just so slow... surely Fonseca sees this too.

We have plenty of CB's, so I would be happy to see Mancini return to midfield. That seems to be the best solution for now.

 

Cristante is a mediocre player. This was fairly obvious when we bought him.

The responsibility for his poor performances is with the person who bought him for all that money. A very poor decision.

 

Lol... now that Florenzi is gone it took you less than 90 minutes to find a new scapegoat for why we are performing worse than mighty Atalanta...

Cristante is the shittest midfielder ever, that's a fact, but he isn't enough to 'stop' a full team of "champions" from winning a match. Yhe whole squad is shit, through and through. And are led by a headless chicken who cannot scrape 1/2 the points that a newly appointed Gatusso in crappy Naples does.

Well, at least we know the new magical name of a player that when he's gone, we'll start winning BIG: Cristante. Now I expect every time he's on the pitch, Fonseca will be getting another one of those golden passes for stupidity.

Building for the future TM

 

Another Dortmund fan watching Roma. We'll need to get you a little sub forum here soon. Part of a forwards job is to work for space. You haven't watched him enough at to Roma to understand my point. A fine example of the stats misleading and not telling the whole story.

 

Either put Mancini back in midfield or on the bench.

 

Manolas, is that you?

 

https://www.football-italia.net/149520/spinazzola-must-press-sassuolo


Spina gets it. Shame the team as a whole didnt.

 

https://www.football-italia.net/149530/dzeko-roma-not-serie-level

Also worth looking into his comments more.

“I keep telling the lads, give me the ball, I am not getting much service at the moment,”
Not much point giving him the ball when a stiff breeze knocks him off balance.


“The trouble with the pressing game is that all it takes is one person to be late and it all falls apart"

Nobody is there to call this big plank out and make him accountable. Pot kettle you dickhead . (Calling him out was a job for De Rossi around the squad that some people didnt get)

 

Dzeko is right though and Fonseca is failling in whatever he's trying to make the team show on the pitch.

 

He is but he cant see his own fault.
The pressing starts with him as the first point of reference as the centre forward. If one player doesnt press then the whole thing does fall apart.

Fonseca made a point about leaving to much space behind Cristante which is also true. He is no world beater in that position but he is also an easy scape goat to what we witnessed. Leaving that much space leaves him exposed as it would any player. If you press it much be as a compact team. If you leave space between lines and the midfield press but the defence sit then you will be destroyed as seen on the 2nd goal. I think the defence got scared of the direct long ball after the first goal so sat back. Allowing Sassuolo with easy counter attacking possession through the lines from midfield into our defence.

Whats that indicating? That the press isnt working and its allowing Sassuolo to hit a direct accurate ball from their centre midfield area. Meaning they have too much time and space to pick that pass. Football is easy when you have time and half a pitch to pick a ball. This also ties into an attitude problem. They think they are better than some opponents so turn up with a poor attitude. Contrast that to the derby attitude. This is a life long Roma problem.

Its suicidal in a team to play a high press with huge spaces between defence and midfield.

Now look through the team and see who would be culpable of not pressing so much. Two players scream to me. Pellegrini and lord " just pass the ball to me and we'll be fine" Dzeko.

If you play an aggressive press the team needs to be on point as a group. The secondary problems are incidents like Mancini sliding wildly beyond the player or Cristante chasing after a guy who seems to have acres of space and nobody near him. The main issue starts further up the pitch.

Both Pellegrini and Dzeko are sunshine players and in a team of more resources would be dropped. Fonseca needs to make a big decision in these 2 areas. He had Pastore working hard in that area on his run of form. It had people shocked to see Pastore pressing but he got it.