Why Direct Balls To Tammy Abraham And Numerical Superiority Were Key In AS Roma’s Win Over Hellas Verona – Tactical Analysis

After the weekend that brought some interesting results in Serie A, Monday night football in Italy was opened with the duel between Verona and Roma.

Sharing the last-place spot and gasping for air, the home team desperately needed a win against José Mourinho’s side and opened the game with a clear intention of controlling the actions happening all over the pitch.

Their organized tactics brought them a step closer to winning, but the red card that happened a bit after the half-hour mark changed the course of the match and gave the needed push to the Romans.

This tactical analysis will show you how the Roma took advantage of the numerical superiority they had against Verona, and what were the baselines on which they built up their tactics for this game.

Also, we’ll take a look at how the hosts have had the upper hand whilst being even in numbers.

Lineups

Salvatore Bocchetti set his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation with an interesting structure in the central area of the pitch.

The back three was formed by Federico Ceccherini, Koray Günter and Paweł Dawidowicz, who went on to finish the game early and leave his team with a man down because of the red card he got.