The Champions League quarter-final ushered in the battle between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, and Felix, the "Ronaldo successor" from Portugal, opened the record for Atletico Madrid in the 7th minute of the opening, but as Manchester United's future youngster, Erlanga was also willing to show weakness, and the second half equalized for Manchester United, and the game finally ended in a 1-1 draw.
Before the game, Rangnick temporarily changed to a three-centre-back, playing an idea that completely liberated Pogba's offensive potential, which had no problem when thinking about it, but unfortunately it became a different situation when it was actually implemented.
Scoring in the opening 7 minutes, who bears the biggest responsibility? Some say it's Maguire, who sent a corner kick first and then watched Felix's header. It is true that in the course of this goal, and even in the course of the whole game, Maguire's performance is far from worth his 80 million euros, but how did Maguire lose the ball before he gave him a corner?
The problem is actually on the top of the three center-backs who have changed the formation, and the three center-backs plus two wing-backs have strengthened the defense and pressing ability of the backcourt, and the midfielders will have more room to move.
It's a good choice for Manchester United, who have top midfielder Pogba. With three centre-backs, Pogba is freer to play in midfield attacks without having to focus on defending.
But when this tactic was actually implemented, the three centre-backs were too far behind, did not form an effective connection with the midfield, there was a gap between the midfield, Fred was not Chelsea No. 7 after all, did not have the ability to fill the gap in the backcourt alone, and happened to encounter Atletico Madrid, who was known for its overall high-pressure pressing, so there would be an embarrassing situation of losing the ball at the beginning.
After conceding the ball, Manchester United gave up the three-centre-back tactic, let Luke Shaw obediently return to the left-back position, played back to the original arrangement of the 4-2-3-1 tactic on paper, gave up the width, refocused their forces on the middle, and United finally scored the equaliser in the second half.
Because Atletico, who had originally posed 4-4-2 but actually played a five-back formation, originally wanted to make a fuss about the width of the pitch and try to crush Manchester United through the flanks. Concentrating forces on the flanks naturally means the emptiness of the midfield, and the two sides beat each other's weaknesses to see who will fall first.
The final 1-1 score is obviously a more dominant ending for Manchester United, after all, this is the home of Atletico, and the next leg is back at Old Trafford, and Manchester United, which has home advantage, may have more room to take the initiative.
The Champions League knockout round is not a one-legged tiebreaker, but a round of games can see a lot, Simeone's Atletico can play a high-pressure rush, and how many consecutive games can it play? If they still want to play the same tactics in the next round, there is a good chance that the situation of losing the ball before the end of the game will happen again.