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Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

United beat Brentford 3-0, and Juan Mata made his premier League start of the season and was also the final finisher at the Theatre of Dreams. With the Spanish warm man, the Red Devils' attack is much more organized, making people question: why not use him?

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

The former standard king, after 8 years of ups and downs

Juan Mata was United's first major signing in the post-Ferguson era, joining in the winter window of 2014 for a transfer fee of £37.1 million, which does not look high now, but set the record in team history at the time.

Matagui is chelsea's midfield core and the best player in the team, has won the Champions League and Europa League, and can deliver 11 goals and 17 assists in the season, so it is not an exaggeration to become the standard king of Manchester United, and he is also very much looking forward to it.

In the blink of an eye, 8 years have passed, Mata has gone through the era of Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ronnick, not counting Giggs and Carrick, can be described as the "five dynasties", contributing 51 goals and 47 assists to Manchester United in 283 appearances in all competitions, in terms of seniority, second only to De Gea and Jones, but the achievements are far less than at Stamford Bridge.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

I have to say that Mata came to Manchester United, and it was not the right time. He has played in the front, but more as a right forward; the double red club's volleying world wave + two degrees, can be called a masterpiece, and once conquered the old grudge at Chelsea, but gradually lost the main position, and finally completely reduced to the bench.

This season, Mata has only made 5 appearances in the Premier League, 1 start, 3 appearances in the Champions League and 1 start. Lonnick said he did well in training, but why did he not think of him until the end of the season? We don't know. In short, at the end of the season, Mata's contract expires and he is leaving.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

At the age of 34, he can still activate the United attack

Despite being 34 years old and despite being the first Premier League starter of the season, Mata's appearance was immediate. Compared with B Fee, he stands more in the No. 10 position, plays the front waist, and his three major characteristics are the most scarce in Manchester United now.

First, very strong transmission and control capabilities. One of the big problems in The Manchester United midfield is that there are too many balls conceded, either with their own belts or with the ball passed and passed.

This is also the main problem of B fees, as the core of the organization, he averages only 78% of the pass success rate per game, less than 80%! He conceded as many as 18.1 goals per game. The game was 88.5%, already high, but also conceded 13 times.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

What about Mata? The passing success rate in this game was 90.8%, and only 8 goals were conceded. The sample is a little small, but everyone knows the characteristics of the Spanish midfield: delicate foot technology, accurate passing, although not high, but hard work for many years, not afraid of the confrontation of the Premier League.

Second, excellent ability to run without the ball. Mata's no ball is definitely not inferior to having a ball, his interspersed running is very positive, his observation is very sharp, often able to run out of the air, or to take away defenders for teammates, disrupt the opponent's defense, in short, the vision and ball quotient are very high, run smart, kick smart, and can activate the attack at once.

In contrast, B Fei prefers to take the ball at his feet, Sancho, Rashford and others are basically assault wingers, holding the ball without throwing their feet, when there is no ball, there is very little running, and Manchester United's attack is easy to stagnate, falling into a situation of walking and kicking and standing.

Third, Juan Mata loves to work with his teammates, and the pass is timely, imaginative and creative, so after he starts, United have a rare beautiful attack in the front.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"
Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

For example, in the 25th minute, Mata was obliquely blocked, and Cristiano Ronaldo fell to the ground in the penalty area, without a penalty. In the 32nd minute, Mata and Ronaldo passed the ball to each other very well, the former shot with his right foot in the penalty area, but unfortunately deflected.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

In the 44th minute, B Fei counter-attacked straight, Mata did not delay time, sent a cross from the left, C Ronaldo followed up with a right foot to push into the net, but unfortunately offside, the goal was invalid.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

After Juan Juan Mata left, United needed the next Mata

Juan Mata is leaving, but United need to bring in the next One, and only then can the B fee, which likes to risk passing and forward insertion, be completely liberated.

Of course, the Red Devils had Pogba + B fee before the double core, but Pogba itself is high, and the flexibility after weight gain is not as good as before, running and passing is not as good as Mata, not to mention, he is also leaving.

Van der Beek is a candidate to succeed Mata, who is an old member of Tenhag and is also very good at running and receiving, but has the ball inferior to Uncle Mata. Put it this way, it is indeed not easy for Manchester United to bring in a new signing at the core level of the giants now.

Now Manchester United needs "the next Mata"

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