AS Roma’s Winning Attack Vs Dynamo Kyiv: Tommaso Baldanzi Role & Ivan Jurić Tactics

Following the chaos created within Roma’s team after Daniele De Rossi was sacked very early this season, Roma’s management opted for Ivan Jurić.

Even after the change of the coaching staff, the team’s performances are still not convincing enough.

The quick change of head coach created issues in the relationship between management and the supporters, as they did not grasp the decision to sack Daniele De Rossi so early in the season.

Therefore, Ivan Jurić’s appointment was not really supported by the fans, which is making things more complicated for the head coach, who has just started a complex journey with I Giallorossi.

Until now, Jurić has won three games, had two draws and lost twice (against IF Elfsborg in the UEFA Europa League and against Inter Milan in Serie A).

Although these results can be considered positive overall, a lot of work is still needed to avoid losing games like those against Elfsborg and be more dangerous against Italy’s big teams, with the aim of getting some points against them, too.

It will also be very important to know how to win complicated games against teams like Monza, Genoa, and other mid-table Serie A teams that often create problems for Roma.

Roma are actually in 10th place in Serie A, with 10 points, two wins, four draws, and two losses so far.

This means that the team’s defensive performances are good enough and deserve reinforcement only.

In contrast, the team’s playmaking and attacking aspects need real progress in order to become more decisive in front of goal and create more goalscoring opportunities per game.

In the UEFA Europa League, Roma still have the chance to qualify for the knockout round among the top clubs in the standings if they avoid losing more points in this group stage.

With four points, they are currently positioned with the teams who will go through the playoffs.

That’s why it will be very important for them to avoid dropping points, which will avoid more complications in their match schedule and allow them to pass directly to the knockout phase.

Roma’s next opponents will be Union SG, Tottenham, Braga, AZ Alkmaar and Eintracht Frankfurt.

On the other hand, Dynamo Kyiv is in second place in the Ukrainian Premier League with eight wins, one draw, and no losses—an excellent run of form.

On a European level, the team’s situation is catastrophic.

They hold the 35th spot with zero points, having failed to win points against RB Salzburg, Hoffenheim, and Roma.

In order to qualify for the playoffs, Dynamo Kyiv will have to fix their errors and improve their performances quickly to win valuable points against Ferencváros, Viktoria Plzeň, Real Sociedad, Galatasaray, and RFS.

In this tactical analysis of the game between AS Roma and Dynamo Kyiv, we will be exploring what is improving within Roma’s tactics and how they can become more decisive upfront.

The analysis will also examine Dynamo Kyiv’s errors and study what led to their loss in this match.

It will also point out what they need to fix to start winning points in the UEFA Europa League.

AS Roma Vs Dynamo Kyiv Lineups

Jurić opted for the 3-4-3 formation in this game with Mile Svilar as a goalkeeper, Mehmet Zeki Çelik, Evan Ndicka and Mario Hermoso as the three centre-backs, Manu Koné and Enzo Le Fée as central midfielders, Nicola Zalewski and Angeliño as wing-backs with both attacking and defensive duties, Tommaso Baldanzi and Niccolò Pisilli as proper wingers; Artem Dovbyk was the team’s striker.

It should be said that Jurić preferred to start some critical players from the bench, namely Paulo Dybala, Eldor Shomurodov, Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Bryan Cristante, knowing that most of them played against Inter Milan and needed some rest.

On the other hand, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi started the match according to the 5-3-2 defensive formation: Ruslan Neshcheret as a goalkeeper, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Kristian Bilovar, Denys Popov, Taras Mykhavko, and Kostyantyn Vivcharenko in defence, Oleksandr Andriyevskyi, Valentyn Rubchynskyi, and Mykola Mykhaylenko as central midfielders, and Eduardo Guerrero and Nazar Voloshyn as the attacking duo.

Roma’s Performance

With 15 shots — five on target and eight coming from positional attacks — we can argue that Roma were good enough attacking-wise in this match even though they did not start with their best players.

Nevertheless, Baldanzi made a difference and showed that he could replace Dybala effectively.

He was very