In the morning, we analyzed a Korean FA Cup, everyone should have seen it, here we talk about the American job: New York Red Bull VS Montreal.
New York Red Bulls vs Montreal
With the end of the European Championship and the Copa America, the internationals have also returned to the club, such as Montreal, which we will talk about today, and welcomed back three Canada internationals Joyniere, Piette and Waterman at once.
These three are the main players in Montreal's midfield, the midfield partnership of Piette and Joyniere is the favorite starting combination of coach Courtois, and Waterman is also the core central defender who has not been able to beat in recent seasons, and all three of Montreal are on the list of the top five players in the rating this season.
The New York Red Bulls also have more striker Lewis Morgan than the last meeting, but their captain Forsberg did not play in the last game of the Colorado Rapids because of leg pain, and is expected to continue to miss today, midfielder Stroud is still recovering from ankle surgery, and the main defender Tolkien is going to play in the Paris Olympics, and there are a lot of losses at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
However, in this case, the New York Red Bulls still have a lot of followers at home, although they have only picked up three points once in the last month and a half, and they have also played Montreal in a close match, and their form is not good.
Why? Is it because the New York Red Bulls have the best home game in the American league, or because they are the only team in the American league to remain unbeaten at home this season?
That's certainly crucial, but it's certainly not just about keeping the fans confident in them in the absence of a first-choice left-back and a first-choice striker-captain.
I don't know if you have noticed, in the last game against the Colorado Rapids, the New York Red Bulls lined up with three central defenders, which was also their first time playing three back this season.
This was mainly due to the absence of left-back Tolkien, which left the team missing a key point of attack. What is the style of play of the New York Red Bulls? They like to launch quick attacks from the back and are dangerous on the counter-attack, with the New York Red Bulls scoring nine goals on counter-attacks so far, the most in the league.
Under the new formation, the two full-backs of the New York Red Bulls played brilliantly, Kyle Duncan had a clear speed advantage and could immediately insert the attack in the transition between attack and defense, and Dylan Neelis defended solidly and effectively limited the opponent's attack many times in the game.
In the last game, the New York Red Bulls actually created a lot of good offensive opportunities, but the ability to seize the opportunities was poor, and only one goal was scored with 7 shots on target, during which they resisted the indiscriminate bombardment of the Colorado Rapids and did not let the opponent make a few comfortable shots on goal.
And today, Montreal, where they are going to play, is a relatively strong ability to seize opportunities, but the defense is very poor, and there are many shortcomings, especially the team that is afraid of counterattacking quickly, with more individual mistakes, aerial confrontation and wing defense are very poor.
If Montreal were playing against an open-and-close style opponent like Inter Miami, it would have been a high-intensity, fast-paced goal shootout to watch.
But the New York Red Bulls don't like to press the offense, their possession rate is the lowest in the United States, and there are only 16 goals in the positional battle, only Nashville has fewer than them, today's game against Montreal, maybe it is a game of offensive efficiency between the two sides, looking forward to the New York Red Bulls defending their home field, what do you think?