A terrible start for the Giallorossi: the coach, the team, and Pinto’s market choices are under scrutiny. There’s no ultimatum from the club for the Special One.
Five points in 6 games, and after facing Milan, the Giallorossi have encountered Salernitana, Verona, Empoli, Torino, and Genoa. Roma is seriously lagging behind. Mourinho has worsened his career’s negative record (which was at 6 points) set in 2015 with Chelsea.
For José, significant crises seem to occur in the third year, whenever he decided to stay with a club for so long. Today, Roma seems to be in a prolonged farewell from the coach who led them to two European finals but appears to be drained of enthusiasm.
Despite being in 16th place in the standings and having only two away victories in the last 14 matches, the Special One‘s position still seems secure and the team has decided to continue with him, partly due to a late transfer window that justifies the coach for being late to integrate the new group.
BUT… everyone at Roma is under scrutiny, from the players to the coach, and even Tiago Pinto. When the transfer window closed, Giallorossi enthusiasm was sky-high, and the last-minute signing of Romelu Lukaku had raised their expectations to new heights.
The declared goal at the start of the season was to qualify for the Champions League, but given the results so far, the goal is becoming more difficult after every match. However, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Friedkins have invested 800 million so far since their arrival in the capital.
Roma has also had a problem that has persisted since the beginning of this season, related to the goalkeeper. Rui Patricio no longer provides the necessary confidence, and the statistics are unequivocal. Roma ranks last in Serie A in terms of save percentage (47.4%).
There is no peace for Roma. Besides poor on-field results, the situation is also challenging on the injury front. ‘I lupi’ miss Renato Sanches, Chris Smalling, and Llorente. According to SkySport, the Spanish central defender could be sidelined for two weeks.
