AS Roma of Luciano Spalletti

Italian version of Match Analysis on AIAPC Association website: AIAPC - Assoanalisti.it - AS Roma di Luciano Spalletti

Team that expresses a game based on the principles of the ‘Positional Play’ thanks mainly to the midfielders that move to cover the free zones left by the central defender that exit to the central pressing, or those left by the fullbacks when they move forward for the development of the offensive action; in order to not leave out any zone and make them always available as support for backward pass.
They push a lot on lateral bands: with fast and dynamic fullbacks, ready to give speed to offensive action and quick in defensive shells, or with external forwards (El Shaarawy and Salah), ready to propose on laterally actions built from below and developed by the fullbacks, thus favouring the midfielders' insertions in the central area, or in depth when are made long passes to the central striker (Dzeko), who receives, helped by his physical and strength skill, and plays on the support midfielder, which will provide quick and vertical pass for insertions.

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Their main weapon is the offensive transitions, where is still possible to appreciate high speed in the development that mainly takes place in central ways, in verticality and in short time as possible, going to take advance of the constant pressing effected in the central zone with an high density around the holder, which is forced to widen his game and undergoes double teaming, leading Roma to recover the ball and the start the offensive transitions.


During the defensive phase, the fullbacks drew back to form a line with the central defenders, while the midfielders crush to the defensive line, limiting the opponent's hole zone, going in defence when necessary holding the zone of the central defender that comes out in pressing and double teaming on the side when the opponent is forced to look for space on the bands.
Thanks to the central pressing of the midfield, the opponent often has, like only solution, to develop his action on the side and to seek the cross in the penalty area, where, thanks to the time gained by the pressing and pressure work, a well-deployed man-to-man defence inside the zone of competence retrieves possession.




By the way, in a faster phase, such as the defensive transition, the team undergoes a bit of pain due to the offensive game and to the not very high quick placement of the defenders. The team tries immediately to block the opponent's restart with pressing and high density in the central zone, limiting fast vertical rebounds and attempting to slow the action, giving way to the defensive line to return and settle down properly.

Point of Strength	Point of Weakness
- Speed	- Defensive Transaction Phase
- Midfielders	- Placement and Speed of Defence
- External Forwards

There is a trend to speed up the development of the game with the involvement of all departments, but in some situations and against opponents who have fast forwards, they are discovered in a defensive transition, especially on actions developed vertically, since they exploit the slow return and the incorrect placement of the central defenders that sometimes occur in these fast transition phases.

Italian version of Match Analysis on AIAPC Association website: AIAPC - Assoanalisti.it - AS Roma di Luciano Spalletti

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