With Seta wasting the last chance to win in the countdown stage, Manchester United fans can finally put down their quick-acting rescue pills and reflect on the game and why they played like this. As the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it. Manchester United's game fulfilled the wisdom of the ancients in terms of skills and tactics, and established the trend of tactics-the game itself, plus a little off-court factors, constituted the most exciting and valuable draw of the season.
Before this game, Manchester United won away 1 and returned to the second round at home. The situation in Manchester United is actually not simple. The overall performance of this Manchester United team this season has not shown its ability to withstand pressure matching its strength. Based on this, the leading edge of 1 goal is not safe, and the result of mutual harm is that Manchester United will suffer in the number of away goals. Therefore, Manchester United has sufficient reasons to adopt the strategy of advanced ball and then standing defense.
From the interviews before and after the game, Mourinho fully estimated the progress of the situation, and the trend of the whole game was also expected. Therefore, even if he was defeated by Seta in the second half, he could hold his breath without accident. Especially after Bailly was sent off with a red card, he still kept the double central defender's configuration, and his understanding and anticipation of the game was really super.
But correspondingly, Manchester United became more and more passive throughout the game, which was also related to this strategy. When Seta came to Old Trafford, there was no way out. Attack is the only chance. As you can see in the game, they played very firmly on the right. In order to protect Damian's and Blind's ribs and let Damian recover, mkhitaryan defended the flank, but at the same time on the offensive end, mkhitaryan needed to get the ball and divide the ball, which greatly overdrawn mkhitaryan, so in the second half, mkhitaryan gradually began to make mistakes on the defensive end. On the offensive end, the opponent's penalty area is too far, and he often has to cross the center line to get the ball. The offensive strength is greatly reduced, and the ball is easy to lose, which further aggravates him.
Similarly, considering the opponent's air defense ability, midfield strangulation and the task of the whole audience, Mourinho put Fellaini at the forefront of the midfield combination. This arrangement can be said to be a winner, and Fellaini scored a crucial goal. On the other hand, Bogba's position is bound to be backward, and the result of Bogba's backward position is that Manchester United can't play too complicated attacks in the frontcourt. The result of fast break is often to lose the ball quickly, which will naturally lose the initiative on the field.
Manchester United, which has lost the initiative, can only be passively beaten. Seta finally scored a goal under the continuous attack on the right, and at this time Manchester United had lost the ability to organize the attack and forced itself to a defensive position.
Fortunately, the result of the game was that Manchester United had the last laugh, but at the last moment Mourinho kissed his watch and vented his indulgence after the game. He must have suffered the same in the last few minutes. After looking forward to all the possibilities and making all the preparations, he still needs the care of the goddess of luck, which must be unpleasant.
So, is the situation necessarily unfavorable to Manchester United, so Manchester United must adopt this strategy, or is this strategy bound to lead to this result? Is there any other way for Manchester United to control the situation like playing an ordinary league? In the face of the promotion results, it doesn't matter anymore. Our coach is a coach who likes to start preparing for the new season before the end of last season. He is a man who would rather swallow the expected bitter fruit than gamble with his own advantages. The future of Manchester United is unpredictable, but what is certain is that this giant is in urgent need of victory and championship. Before the promotion results come out, the discussion of exploring possibilities can be put behind.