Win 3 championships in 3 months, Manchester United 6-5 Fiorentina, the old problem is still there, hope is coming

Manchester United tied 1-1 with Fiorentina in the Snapdragon Cup game in regular time. With a score of 5-4 in the penalty shootout, they successfully won the game, thus winning the Snapdragon Cup. This is the third trophy that Manchester United has won in three months, namely the Hong Kong Cup, the Premier League Summer Tournament, and the Snapdragon Cup, which are the veritable king of warm-up tournament.

Of course, winning three championships in 3 months is just a joke. Who would take the trophy of the warm-up match seriously? Manchester United continued to practice the tactical system after joining Cesco. This time, Mount was used to play Cesco. There were many problems, but it can be seen that the role of the system has appeared. In the first half, Manchester United did not look like a team that had been training together for a month, and was very unfamiliar. After accelerating the pace in the second half, there began to change more.

Starting lineup: Mount plays Sesco

The effect of using Cunia as the pseudo-9 in the last game was not good, so Amorin continued to make adjustments in this game. B Fei and Cunia both returned to their position and asked Mount to play Cesco. Because of injuries to central defenders Mazlawi, Lima and other players, Lukesha was in poor condition, and the starting left central defender Aiden Haven serves as the result of the left-wing forward will not be very good.

The other positions are roughly the same as the previous game. Amade Diallo + Mbeumo continues to partner with the wing, Casemiro is in the center to protect and appropriately assist the attack on the right. Manchester United's obvious configuration is now: relying on Doorgu + B Fe + Cunha on the left, relying on Yoro + Mbeumo + Amade on the right, and Mount helps everywhere on the forward line. For specific passing routes, please refer to the following picture produced by foreign netizens.

Manchester United's backcourt draws: Direct contact between sideline center back + front midfielder

Manchester United's 4-1 Bournemouth game, and talked about Manchester United's backcourt draws. In fact, it relies heavily on the sideline center back to take the ball and control the ball, and then use the sideline and front midfielder to break the high position. Maguire dragged back and protected one side, and Yoro and Aiden Haven pressed forward to fill the midfield, using the wingback to pull space and two back midfielders to protect them in the middle. It is not uncommon for the wingbacks to directly contact the front midfielder.

Among them, Yoro's pass frequency to Mbeumo and Diallo was quite high. Before the game, Manchester United's main passes and touches were basically concentrated on these people.

The core question is what to do after the front midfielder and wingback get the ball? At least from the current content of the game, it is difficult for Manchester United to play to the end by holding one side. In most cases, they are directly transferred to the weak side at the junction of the third zone and the midfield zone. This happens on both sides of the wing. Manchester United does not have the ability to enter the penalty area by passing and cutting. In terms of protecting the ball and taking risks, Manchester United chooses to stabilize the ball, pull open spaces, and transfer the offensive direction. However, this is not without effect. Mbeumo's large-scale transfer has actually achieved certain effects.

Manchester United's offense: The helplessness in the first half, the methods in the second half were more diversified.

In the first half, Manchester United's offense mainly relied on set pieces, which is not surprising, because Manchester United had fewer methods to enter the penalty area. Manchester United completed 5 shots in a total of 5 shots in the first half, 4 of which came from the cooperation of set pieces. Players such as Maguire, Casemiro, and Yoro all got shots in the penalty area. Manchester United striker Amade Diallo got a shot opportunity through counterattack.

In other words, the shooting in the Manchester United positional battle is still difficult. The core issue is what I said earlier. Manchester United is relatively stable in the first half, and the frequency of entering the penalty area is relatively low. Look at the passes in the first half. There were almost 100 more passes than Fiorentina, but the number of times they entered dangerous areas was less than Fiorentina. The core issue is still to get the ball. In the second half, Manchester United started to play more one-on-one and individual possession in the frontcourt, and Manchester United's chances began to appear. This cooperation between Cunya and Mount can be said to be more representative of the effect Manchester United wanted. You should know that Mount plays Sesco, going to the lid of the penalty area, heading to the side, and Cunya cut into the space taken away by Mount, thus forming a shot.

This is a rare mode in which Manchester United enters the penalty area through passes and cuts. However, as we have talked before, the problem that Manchester United is facing now is: Cunya + Mount + B Fee + Mbeumo are all long-range shot experts. Last season, their average shooting distance was higher than the Premier League average, among which Cunya had the most long-range shots. In this game, Cunya still tried to make long-range shots.

The ball speed was so fast that the camera could not catch up, but it still could not score a positional goal. Manchester United shot 14 times and had an excellent chance in the whole game, but they relied on their opponent's own goal to score 1 goal. What is worth being happy about is: Manchester United's set ball is close to the goal, which is very threatening, Manchester United's long shots, and has long guns and short guns; what is worth worrying about is: it is difficult to score goals.

Manchester United's defense: long post + counterattack

Last season, Manchester United's defense was actually a bit systematic, but Manchester United encountered too many goals lost in the frontcourt, the opponent directly counterattacked through the midfield, and too many goals through set pieces to directly hit Manchester United's long post. The 1 goal lost in this game was exactly this way. Fiorentina's threatening attack was also counterattacked by intercepting the ball..

Look at Manchester United's way of conceding goals. What kind of magical set-piece defense is this? There were two points in the far post without any guard, and they all rushed to the front point to compete, but you still couldn't compete. It would be fine if you headed the ball to clear the ball, but you just missed it. What's this? Before conceding this goal, Fiorentina had already warned Manchester United with a header. Look at the attack in the picture below, is it exactly the same?

Manchester United had several problems in this game: First, on the side of Doorgu + Aiden Haven, there are huge problems with the sense of defensive position. This side has become the main area of Fiorentina's offense. Then Casemiro was as sluggish as before in the early stage of the season. It may take him one or two months to find his form. Last season, Casemiro was very sluggish at the beginning of the season. There were many scenes of directly scoring after being intercepted in the midfield. This time, it also appeared, but Fiorentina did not score.

Player performance: Mount + Cunya + Mbeumo achieved the effect

Overall, Manchester United's performance in this game was far better than Manchester United's 2-2 Everton game. Mount played the role of Sesco very successfully. He has the attributes of a large-scale event, and the attributes of a ball with one kick, and the interspersion of ribs also showed some performance. As for Mbeumo, he showed his running coverage ability, but his cooperation with Amade Diallo on the sidewalk is very unfamiliar. With Mbeumo, Manchester United may really consider changing the positioning of Amade Diallo.

Casemiro needs to be added to this position. Think about it yourself, Mbeumo + Amad Diallo has been pressed up, but there are only two people in Casemiro + Yoro behind them. Yoro is still protected by the back. Casemiro alone cannot cover such a large area. As for the Aidenhaven + Dorgu line, it is unqualified. Let’s see how Lima’s effect will be after her comeback.