Rome, the usual power cuts: defense, Garcia and market choices on trial – The Republic

Rome – Process the defense. Inevitably, if you lead six minutes before the ninetieth 2-4 and feel you have reached out on qualification and then, three minutes later, you find yourself defending the 4-4. Roma schizophrenic Leverkusen transforms that point that he would sign the eve of a wasted opportunity: all the fault of those disastrous last minutes of the match. “We lowered too much,” admits baffled Garcia, who barely manages to hide anger and disappointment. But the feeling is that the meeting at the BayArena’s emphasis on attitude that all too often characterized the Roma this season: the black out of the last minutes.

CALI MENTAL: 5 GOALS ALREADY SUFFERED IN FINAL – To get an idea, just go with the mind to last August 30: Roma-Juve, Roma leading by two goals and a man . Then at 87 ‘marks Dybala, the team and disappears without a miracle of Szczesny already that day Bonucci would sign an epilogue similar to that of Leverkusen. With networks Kampl and Mehmedi at the BayArena on account of goals conceded by Rome in the last ten minutes of the race this season arrives already to 5. Five goals on eighteen total collected when the clock had already spent 80 minutes: it happened against Pogba and partners, but also in Genoa against Sampdoria – Manolas own goal 85 minutes into the first defeat of the season cost him – and then to Palermo, when Gonzalez 91 ‘terrorized Garcia, before Gervinho, provide for a final peaceful. More than a problem of physical nature, the Roma seem to suffer the mental strength: when you need to defend and keep the pace the team goes crazy, grants meters for fear of being found discovery, but then unable to protect himself as he would like. And Garcia with the Roma had never suffered so many goals at this point of the year: 1.6 per game, a half goal each race more than a year ago.

ERRORS OF THE MARKET AND WRONG CHOICES – Inevitable that accused end up even the choices of the coach. The swing of decisions taken by Garcia has contributed to stability: the first hope not he can trust Castan, then the coach gave continuity from central De Rossi except go back on his choice and a launch in Germany Rüdiger out of condition after 2 knee injuries. Torosidis has also finished crushed in the opening minutes and the final, making it almost incomprehensible obstinacy in excluding a player like Maicon, who chronicles Trigoria reported in good condition. But the market is not convincing: given the difficulties Castan and the departure of Yanga-Mbiwa end market, the Roma lack solutions. A defender holder next to Manolas, a right-back, since the hijacking Florenzi later – it was easy to imagine him – seems irreversible.

Pjanic RECORD – Also in Germany the team has evaporated the enormous wealth of goal which is building a stellar attack, able to run with 28 goals in 11 games and scored to send 12 different players in league and Champions League. Secret weapon last month, Miralem Pjanic: 4 goals in their last 5 games, one in action and the other using the best basic home the shot from. Infallible already early in the season with Juve, the Bosnian today is the best shooter in Europe with 4 centers stationary hooked Willian Chelsea, leading European specialty. In addition to a leadership that in the middle of the field was missing from the accident of Strootman.

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