Manchester United 0-1 Chelsea, only played good goals for 20 minutes, had a game attitude, and lacked ability in both penalty areas

Manchester United lost to Chelsea 0-1, the UEFA Cup final team, and the UEFA Cup final team. In fact, losing has nothing to do with it. Manchester United's game is basically a preview of the European Cup final tactics, but the problem that Manchester United still has is: the attacking third zone is not aggressive enough, and the defense intensity of its own penalty area is not enough. To put it bluntly, Manchester United still has no way to solve the problem of two penalty areas. Cucurella scored the only goal in the game, and Manchester United lost the game.

Manchester United played 20 minutes of good goals in this game, and the next 70 minutes were all Chelsea's advantages. Manchester United is still a matter of durability. After all, the game is a 90-minute game, not just 20 minutes. So the issue that Manchester United needs to consider now is how to expand the 20-minute advantage to the frontcourt. Even Scholes said this when talking about the UEFA Cup final: Manchester United can always perform 10 to 15 minutes to win the game. The problem is, if you can't score a goal during this period, then you are losing.

First lineup: A final of the Europa League is 5 days later. Amorin said before the game that it is impossible to prevent the main players from appearing because he is afraid that his feet will feel cold in the finals. Therefore, on the premise of preventing players from getting injured in this game, Amorin should have produced a potential starting lineup for the Europa League final, at least most of the starting players.

Goalkeeper Onana in the last rotation returned to the starting lineup, Lindelof + Maguire + Lukeshaw served as the starting three central defenders, Mazravi + Dorgu occupied the wing, Casemiro served as the midfielder, Mount + B Fee + Diallo served as the third midfielder, Hoylen was at the forefront, Manchester United actually had a 3331 positioning system, and when Mazravi retreated, Manchester United was closer to a 4231 system.

Mount + Dorgu on the left, Diallo + Mazravi on the right, and Hoylen + B Fee in the middle are the double-player teams commonly used by Manchester United. The connection between the groups is Manchester United's main cooperation method in the frontcourt.

Manchester United's press: Mount's single-handed friend James

Chelsea needs to win the game to compete for the top five in the Premier League, while Manchester United is a training-oriented nature, so the mentality of both sides is different in this game, and Manchester United is not conservative. From the beginning of the game, I pressed and snatched. Moreover, because Mount + Diallo, who are good at pressing and running, are both on the starting lineup, Manchester United's front-court pressing efficiency is higher.

Manchester United's pressing should have been specially practiced. Hoylen directly cut into the center line, forcing Chelsea to pass the goalkeeper back, and then Hoylen chased the ball to press the goalkeeper, and other teammates followed the overall running. You can take a look at Manchester United's front-court diagram. In the first half, 17 steals were successfully made 13 times, with a very high success rate, and 5 times occurred in the place where the attack third and midfield third divisions were handed over. Who is the key player among them? It's Mount. Mount completed three front court steals alone, which was just a snatch from the opponent's feet. It was not counted that Mount intercepted the opponent's pass. The most fiercer thing Mount presses is Mount's friend James at Chelsea. This is arranged, because Hoylen's way of cutting is more about cutting from Diallo's side, forcing the Chelsea goalkeeper to pass the ball to Rees James' side.

Will this be the regular trend of Manchester United in the UEFA Cup final? I don’t know, but the running in the frontcourt can hold on to people, and the opponent’s goalkeeper’s long pass also controls the situation. Manchester United’s pressing effect in this game is actually pretty good. At least there are fewer scenes where the opponent drives straight in and easily passes Manchester United’s midfield.

Manchester United's goal output: the way to break the high position, find Hoylen

The opponent in the UEFA Cup final is the Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur. Premier League teams all know that pressing Manchester United's goal output will force Manchester United to make mistakes in the backcourt, so will there be problems with Manchester United in the final? No one knows that this game of Chelsea is an answer given by Manchester United: look for Hoylen.

This picture should be quite obvious. Mazravi will actually help Casemiro to make the ball in the midfield, but Manchester United's main direction of the ball is the connection between the ribs, that is, the sideline center back to the front midfielder. The problem is that if the lineup is in a proper position, the opponent can be close to one-on-one. The picture above represents that the front midfielder Diallo moved to the side and Mount also occupied the busy line in the ribs. At this time, there was a pioneering area in front of Lindelof, which is where Hoylen went to run and get some points.

In the first half, Hoylen got 10 passes from his teammates. You can see the players who passed the most balls to Hoylen, namely Lindelof 4 times, Mazlawi 2 times, Onana 2 times, goalkeeper + right wingback + right center back, this is the side close to Diallo on the right. What’s more interesting is that, except for B Fee, the others who pass the ball to Hoylen are all defenders + goalkeepers, which also represents Manchester United’s current center-forward approach.

Hoylen got the first landing point and the teammates behind him got the second landing point. This is how Manchester United broke the high position. The players who received the most passes from Hoylen were Diallo and Mount.

Manchester United's offense: Since the cross from the wing

has completed the ball from the backcourt, it naturally comes to the organizational link of the frontcourt offense. When Manchester United's Diallo, Mount and B got the second landing point, they immediately divided the sides and handed them forward quickly to the left and right sides, and then crossed. Manchester United's cross should have been arranged, with Hoylen hitting the front line, Diallo hitting the long post, Mount + B Fee + Casemiro grabbing a long shot between the two lines.

Manchester United's actual offensive threat is actually completed by a slanted 45-degree cross, which is to pass the ball to the far post at the periphery of the two penalty area corners to complete the goal, or pass the ball across the outside of the penalty area to try to shoot for teammates between the two lines..

Manchester United did not have many shots, but the main reason was that the offensive method was single. The transition from the backcourt to the frontcourt was smooth, but there were still unfamiliarities in the crossing and connection of the wing after the frontcourt. Maguire's goal was a relatively threatening one, but unfortunately it was offside first, and Maguire's goal was actually a way to pass the wing.

also meets the configuration of Manchester United entering the penalty area, but there are too few such cooperation in Manchester United, and Manchester United is not aggressive enough after entering the frontcourt.

Manchester United's defense: The cross that cannot be stopped

You first look at this attack. Reese James' shot in the first half hit the post. The problem is the long shot from the opponent's bottom, the inverted triangle to the outside of the penalty area. Chelsea's lower bottom allowed Manchester United's defense to retract all the small penalty area, and the space outside naturally exposed.

Look at Hoylen's suspected handball this time. In fact, the same way is actually the same. The opponent's bottom compresses Manchester United's defense line, and the space on the outside is full of Chelsea players. As long as the players who ambush outside the penalty area don't adjust much as the ball is taken, they can basically pose a threat.

Look at Palmer's long shot, basically the same mode, compressing Manchester United's defense line and giving teammates the chance to shoot in the back row.

As for the goal Manchester United lost, it comes from a cross. You can take a closer look. Chelsea has 3 players in the wings, while Manchester United has only 2 players to follow up, which is just that they can't keep up.

Why can Chelsea form so many threatening attacks? The core problem is that Manchester United cannot stop the wing. Manchester United's high position is not a continuous project, but a phased event. Once Manchester United cannot continue to suppress Chelsea's goal, Chelsea will be able to continue to push up the wing, thus forcing Manchester United's defense to retreat.

Manchester United's problem summary: The problem in the two penalty areas

There is nothing to criticize in this game because next week will be the Europa League final, but Manchester United players' attitudes are all there, and losing is just not able to play against their opponents, which is normal. Since you lose, you have to summarize your gains and losses. The issue of gains and losses should be very obvious: the problem of two penalty areas.

Amorin said that Manchester United has made progress in many aspects, but it is just that they are embarrassed to talk about losing too much. In fact, it is obvious that Manchester United has made progress in the backcourt and midfield transition, and the core issue is actually the problem of the two penalty areas. Manchester United passes too little to the opponent's penalty area, and Manchester United restricts their opponent's passes too weak to the penalty area. The problem of the two penalty areas has actually lasted throughout the season.