Even with a 3-0 win over Brentford, it is a well-established fact that United missed the top four. However, judging from the 90 minutes of play, Manchester United deserves to be "home to win".
From a technical and tactical point of view, the two veterans, Nemanja Matic and Mata, have maintained the balance of the offensive end to the greatest extent and improved the tandem. Thus, it further allows United to play a better offensive depth. In this issue of Manchester United Notes, we will focus on the analysis here.
["Double Horse" debuts, Manchester United's attacking organization construction tends to be reasonable]
This game against Brentford is the Red Devils' last home game of the season. Nemanja Matic has previously announced that he will leave the team at the end of the season, and Mata, who is about to expire with Manchester, will most likely not stay.
The two debuted, which is a "farewell performance".
More crucially, after the debut of the "double horse", it brought very good technical assistance to manchester United's attacking organization. Mata could have run, and Nemanja Matic also chose to output his fitness early after Fred sat on the bench. And Manchester United played a wonderful passing and cutting coordination in the ribs several times in this game, which was more obvious.
Figure 1: Passing stats from Mata and Nemanja Matic in this match
Therefore, while Mata and Nemanja Matic are seeking empty positions and passes through running, Manchester United as a whole are not limited by their opponents. On the contrary, it will also weaken B Fei's control of the ball, so that he will not have "problems" in offensive passing after physical exertion. With Mata and Nemanja Matic on the floor, B Fee played far better than in previous games this season. After Matic and Mata went off, the B fee of physical consumption increased, but instead began to have problems in the quality and rhythm of transmission.
Figure 2+3: Matic and Mata after paying for the run
Especially in Figure 3 above, when Manchester United is in the high position of the organizational transfer, it can be clearly seen that the largest running range is the "double horse".
From another point of view, the "double horse" running organization tandem not only supports the B fee, but also supports the recent withdrawal of C Luo, who has a huge responsibility. Then, C Luo can put more physical energy on the impact.
[Deep impact, Manchester United's biggest "killing move" on the offensive end of this game]
United's formation is still "asymmetrical", with the left side emphasizing small team cooperation and the right side focusing more on deep impact. As a result, Dalot got enough chances in the game to pass the top at the top.
United's first goal is a representative example.
Figure 4: United's first goal of the match
We can see that after forming a multi-person position on the left side of Manchester United, the horizontal dispatch was completed. At this time, Darot sent a long deep pass in the high position, Ilanga quickly inserted it and completed the cross before the ball was out of the bottom line, and B Fei scored in the middle.
The depth of this offensive requires a "comprehensive view." An even more "silky" example is Manchester United's offside goal in the first half and Cristiano Ronaldo's point-making.
Figure 5+6: A representative moment of United's impact depth
In Figure 5 above (1.5 times the speed), when De Gea received a return pass from Lindelof, Nemanja Matic withdrew to respond and completed the cross in the first time. At the same time that Varane received the ball, B Fee's retraction was very tacit with Mata's forward insertion. On the left, Telles received the ball and passed back to Varane, who sent a net quasi-pick pass, and Mata contacted B Fei in a small range and inserted the depth forward to give C Ronaldo a horizontal pass. Unfortunately, this very silky goal was offside.
In Figure 6 above, United completed the release of the ball on the defensive end, and Mata and C Ronaldo completed the header connection. C Ronaldo back to pass Nemanja Matic, the latter out of the ball to find the vacant B fee, at this time, Manchester United can complete the frontal impact of the defensive turn. B Fei contacts Mata, who crosses the line to find Dalot, by which time C Ronaldo has completed the prelude. Dalot sent a vertical straight plug, C Ronaldo completed the card confrontation in the front insert, and was knocked down by the opponent after entering the box, and United won the penalty.
【Conclusion】
As Lonnick said after the game, "It was United's best game of the year, Mata and Nemanja Matic added energy to the midfield and didn't give the other side a chance to snatch the ball from under our feet." ”
As veterans, Nemanja Matic and Mata will definitely have problems in the fierce Premier League due to the decline in physical and competitive quality. But as long as they are in the physical stage, they can really achieve a large degree of balance in the team's system. Previously, Mata could not be reused, and the fundamental reason was that Manchester United "valued" other elements or individuals more in the construction of the squad, and did not form a reasonable deployment.
The effect of this game can only be left for follow-up "reference". But I always feel that it is a pity that it came late...