The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals has just ended, and in Madrid, Manchester United drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid and retreated. Throughout the race, Atletico played more fluidly and proactively and created more scoring opportunities. But football is round and United's away draw gives the team the advantage of an away goal, and the possibilities of returning to Old Trafford are endless.
The pre-match focus of this match is undoubtedly whether Ronaldo can continue to score goals in the game against Atletico, and as a Madonos nemesis, he has always made Atletico fans feel afraid. However, it is clear that Ronaldo is old, and in this game, he only had two shots on goal and failed to hit the front frame, 25 passes, 21 successes, a steal and a foul, and other than that, there is no other bright data. I have to say that the 37-year-old C Luo is no longer the omnipotent teenager he was.
In contrast, Felix, who is also a member of the Portuguese national team, has become a representative of "young talents", and Xiaofei has always been considered to be the successor of C Ronaldo's national team. Felix, who was only 22 years old, blocked the doubts with good form and goals. Felix, who once bore hundreds of millions of transfer fees, has been labeled as "parallel goods" and "cost-effective". There are also fans who believe that Simeone's tactical play has delayed his development and aura. As he grew older, Felix's style of play became more and more stable, and his technical movements became more mature, and the future could be expected.
In terms of game content, Atletico continues to be efficient, although the possession rate is only 37%, but 12 shots, 124 attacks, 43 dangerous attacks, these figures are far more than Manchester United. Although United have 63% of the false pass control rate, the efficiency is not flattering, if it is not the youngster Erlanga equalizer, Lonnick's tactics will be more questioned. In fact, there have always been doubts about the way Lonnick started, and Lonnick will always have some "missteps", and these mistakes will be made up after the substitution adjustment in the second half. In other words, you can say that his ability to make up the game is good, but you can also say that he is making up the pot, and once the team fails to make up the pot, Lonnick lost a lot of points in the league in January and February.
In addition to the matchmaking comparison between C Ronaldo and Felix, other players are also full of losses, midfield level, Pogba and B Fee are completely suppressed by the opponents' Condobia and Herrera, Fred's body is not enough to support the space of Manchester United's single back, and under the style of Atletico's repeated confrontations, Manchester United's midfield is actually very chaotic. In the front line, Rashford's extremely poor state has become a slot for fans, while Sancho on the other side can only be said to be decent, compared to Atletico, there are not too many luxurious attackers in the frontcourt, but the strategy of not falling behind from the midfield confrontation is doomed to not need to hoard too many attackers at once in the front.
Moreover, Atletico's substitution adjustment in the second half is more threatening, Griezmann and Lemar's appearance is undoubtedly a signal, increasing the possession strength and attacking speed in the front court, while manchester United's five places are all full, almost all of them are making up for the pot in the first half, Nemanic came on to improve the hardness of the back, Lindelof pulled the side effect is not good, replaced by Bisaka, Luxho replaced by Tres, and Elanga became a substitute.
Fortunately, however, United have met Atletico Madrid, who have fallen off a cliff in defence this season, otherwise the luck would not have been so good. The draw in the first leg also gave Ronnick a certain degree of confidence to return to the home court to win, but the need to introduce a strong back and how to distribute players to play, adjusting the state of some players in the team is a problem worth thinking about. For Atletico, 2021-22 is highly likely to be the worst season, and it is obvious that the summer window will need to bring in a defender line.