PDLP Chapter 5. The Flaws In The Manchester United Squad And Their New No. 7.
Chapter 5. The Flaws In The Manchester United Squad And Their New No. 7.
Chapter 5. The flaws in the Manchester United squad and their new No. 7.
In fact, anyone who knows anything about the current situation of Manchester United will have a headache about the current situation of this team.
A team of veterans who got it all and some Mesozoic players who weren't as good.
The lineup is flawed.
At the central defender position.
Vidic is frequently injured, at least it is impossible to count on him too much.
Where is Ferdinand?
He is getting older, and his performance last season has already appeared old. His recovery speed and confrontation ability have declined sharply. Although he has rich experience, he is in a league environment that pays attention to confrontation like the Premier League.
Such a veteran whose physical condition has seriously declined can't be counted on.
The pair of Vidic and Ferdinand used to be able to compete for the combination of the world's number one central defender, but now they have reached the point where they are injured and old.
age and injuries.
It is a reality that no athlete can escape.
Since the two veterans can't count on it.
Manchester United has three central defenders left for "967" to choose from.
Who is it?
They are Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, and Chris Maureen.
Three England native defenders.
To say that among the defenders in England.
These three are barely good.
But in the Premier League.
Especially compared to other rivals in the Premier League.
That would be too far away.
Manchester City has a defender Optimus Prime like Kompany in his prime.
For Chelsea, although Terry is over 30 years old, his physical strength is still not far from his peak, and he is still quite competitive in the Premier League. In addition, they have Gary Kawhi Immediate combat power like Paul and David Louis.
Even the central defender combination of Arsenal's Koscielny and Zabaleta is better than the three cobblers of Jones, Maureen and Evans.
Center backs are not competitive.
What about the full backs?
Modern football pays more and more attention to the ability of full-backs.
Because full-backs need to run up and down, they need full-back participation on both the defensive and offensive ends. A good full-back is directly the best weight to break the balance.
Then on the full-backs.
What about Manchester United's reserves?
Unfortunately.
On the reserves of the full-backs.
Manchester United can hardly...not even match the mid-table teams in the Premier League.
Left and right full back.
Look at the right back first.
The main force is Rafael, and the substitute is Butner.
If Raphael is still barely qualified.
So with Butner's strength, even in the Premier League relegation team, he may not be able to be the main force.
What about the right back?
Evra and Rafael's twin brother Fabio.
Not to mention Evra, his situation is similar to that of Ferdinand, he has strength, but his body declines too much as he ages.
And Fabio
Compared with his twin brother Rafael, his strength can be said to be true...it is hard to describe.
This line of defense, if the house was two or three years ago, it is indeed quite good.
There are Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Evra who were at their peak.
There are three young central defenders to compete.
It can be said that it is very reasonable.
but now.
The growth of these three young central defenders is difficult to meet expectations, and their strength cannot be compared with the peak Ferdinand and Vidic.
As for the full-back position, even the main player is not qualified.
As far as the current defense line is concerned, Manchester United's seventh place last season is really not too much.
Finished guard.
Look at the midfield again.
In the midfield, there are Anderson, Carrick, Cleverley, Fletcher, Fellaini and Mata.
In addition, Ashley Young, Nani, Valencia, and Januzaj are also considered avant-garde players, and they are counted as midfielders.
It seems that there are quite a lot of people.
But too little is available.
Not surprisingly.
Anderson, the former Golden Boy winner, will be cleaned up -- his growth has suddenly taken a turn for the worse.
Cleverly's strength is just like that.
Where's Fletcher?
Since having a strange illness, Fletcher's physical condition has also failed.
So this midfielder can be described as old, weak, sick and disabled.
Ok.
The midfielder is old and weak.
What about the front line?
It's an honour.
Manchester United finally reflected the appearance of the Premier League's top giants in the forward line.
After all, they have the top British center Wayne Rooney.
There are also Mexican international Pea Hernandez, and England rookie center Welbeck [in addition to the extremely fast Zaha who was promoted from the youth academy.
Although it is said that this striker does not have much advantage compared to other Premier League giants except Rooney.
But in general....
Compared with the midfield and back line behind, that's much better.
Therefore, the joining of Li Ao can be said to be a solution to Mourinho's urgent need.
Not surprisingly.
Mourinho also knows that his team must rely on Li Ao's performance.
Not just defense, but also offensive organization.
even...
Score!
So how to arrange Li Ao's position is the top priority for Mourinho.
After handing over routine training to assistant coaches.
Mourinho stood by the window of his office and observed the training performance of each player.
In training.
Li Ao is undoubtedly the focus of the team.
Judging from his talking and laughing with all the players.
At least.
On the locker room relationship...
Mourinho doesn't need to worry about it for the time being.
He turned to look at the tactical board behind him.
on the tactical board.
A clear 4231 formation emerged.
There is no doubt that the position of the midfielder belongs to Li Ao.
But after watching for a while.
Mourinho's expression changed suddenly.
He stepped forward.
Move the positions of the two wingers back.
Then move the position of Li Ao forward for a certain distance.
A clear 4411 formation emerged.
Li Ao's position is between the attacking midfielder and the shadow striker.
"With his physical strength, he should be able to support it, right?"
thought Mourinho.
Then he continued to change formation.
modern football.
It's not as stiff as playing with a formation for a long time.
The formation is not critical, the key is the role played by the players.
The movement of the players and so on.
With the changing position of Li Ao
The formation of the team is also changing accordingly.
In general.
Mourinho's tactics are relatively conservative.
But because of the existence of Li Ao.
He also began to think more about the possibility of attacking around Li Ao.
After a long time.
Mourinho wrote a few lines in his little notebook.
Speedy wide players, including wingers and full-backs.
A defensive midfielder with good physical fitness, strong defense and great coverage.
It would be nice to have another centre-back....
Mourinho looked at the notebook in his hand,
subsequently.
He called San Dezi.
The most important thing about the start of pre-season training is signing...
And with the build-up of the team.
The team will also start to determine the number.
For Li Ao5.7.
He prefers No. 10 and No. 8.
But now No. 10 belongs to Rooney.
No. 8 belongs to Mata.
Li Ao can't do anything to forcibly deprive his teammates of their numbers.
He likes both numbers though.
But he is not obsessed with numbers.
Since No. 10 and No. 8 have no choice.
The only remaining small numbers that can be selected are No. 9 and No. 7.
Li Ao certainly knows what number 7 means to Manchester United.
Maybe for other teams.
Number 7 is just an ordinary number.
But at Manchester United.
Number 7 is a very special number.
Even more special than number 10.
George Best, Cantona, Beckham and other players are Manchester United's No. 7.
So when asked about number selection.
Li Ao chose No. 7 without much hesitation.
this number.
For Li Ao, there is no burden. .