How Pep Guardiola Out Played Sir Alex Ferguson | Tactical Analysis: Barcelona 3-1 Manchester United

Sir Alex Ferguson states that this Barcelona side was the best he had ever faced. But what tactics did they use? In this video we take a look.
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[@sahilaharodia8092]

Take the ball, pass the ball. Take the ball, pass the ball.

[@patruzemann]

Football is very simple game but playing simple football is very rare...... And Xavi Iniesta and Busquets just played the simple football through out the life.... Take the ball, pass the ball, move forward, take the ball, pass the ball, move forward take the ball and Booommm GOAALLLLLL!!!!....

[@IAMMEDIA.]

Pratyush Singh dont forget their other tactic... pass to messi= BOOM GOALLL

[@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990]

Playing football is simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is Johan Cruyff

[@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990]

Asg Doug that’s their new tactic

[@datuputi2549]

@@IAMMEDIA. we're talking about Pep'sBarca, not the Barca nowadays

[@DontBeBitter]

I've never seen any team out play Man Utd like this we looked like amateurs compared to this Barca team

[@patruzemann]

Actually that Barça was probably the greatest team in this century as of now.... Sad that golden period of Barça is gone

[@dilshadareen8455]

@@patruzemann they are coming back.Just broke the Ballaidos curse smashing Celta 3-0 and winning at their stadium for the first time since 2015.

[@patruzemann]

@@dilshadareen8455 I want this Barça to win UCL just for Messi, who is probably in his last season

[@dilshadareen8455]

@@patruzemann Yes even i want that.

[@salazaxe29]

Just being a United and knowing how tactics work, I can honestly say, this tactic used against us was hard and frustrating to see because you knew it was game over when barca had an open midfield and had a fast counter attack. There was basically no chance United would've won that game. It was just frustrating to see that the midfielders were just simply out numbered most of the time and to have xavi, Iniesta, Busquets as midfield masters and Messi as the "false 9" was just no good for united.

[@VaibhavSingh-ty9ex]

This match was the perfect example of Pep's Barcelona. Great work as always FMS

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Thanks Vaibhav!

[@shravanshetty2870]

Barcelona of that time were the greatest of all time

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Phenomenal team!

[@adrianbuck8772]

From a tactical and technical aspect in the midfield (Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi) in combination with the perfect false 9 (Messi) and an awesome outside defender (Alves) absolutely.

[@mayurdhage2478]

AC Milan of late 80's and early 90's under Arrigo Saachi was the greatest team of all time. Great in attack and solid in defence.

[@thetdproject5304]

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[@samuelmorrison258]

even though they were the best, bayern 12-13 would have beat them.

[@HIM3153]

I guess this teaches us never let your opponent overrun you in midfield or you will be doomed

[@FootballMadeSimple]

It's such a crucial region

[@enzky]

is this football manager reference?

[@thetdproject5304]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5m4paKPat9okNE

[@HIM3153]

@@enzky yes it is

[@patruzemann]

Barça dominated from 2008-2015 because of unparalleled midfielder..... They had the greatest midfielders possible....

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Simple : Messi Xavi Iniesta at their prime. They came from defeating a strong Madrid with Messi scoring against way better defense than us. Even our 2008 team couldn’t beat this 2011 Barcelona. Coming from United fan. Good video nonetheless.

[@thihaaung520]

We beat the same team (but younger) at 2008..

[@bholethakur1314]

@@thihaaung520 no villa, no Pedro, no mascherano, no busi

[@martymcfly6003]

bhole thakur Also no Alves

[@dilshadareen8455]

@@thihaaung520 Barca smashed Man United in the 2009 UCL final.With Cristiano Ronaldo still there.Heck Messi even won a header.😂

[@jpsingh2148]

@@dilshadareen8455 what about the semi final with Chelsea when barca bought the Referee.

[@anirs8198]

One of the greatest teams of all time !!

[@noshabaiqbal1880]

it is already greatest

[@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990]

noshaba iqbal idk if it’s the greatest, it’s definitely one of the best. There are many dominant sides considered as the best ever. So I’m not sure if it is the greatest but it is great

[@germankasay5064]

@@noshabaiqbal1880 the greatest? No.

[@likithps7210]

Two of the greatest

[@Rahul-uk4su]

@@germankasay5064 lol you are German. Ofc you would say bayern

[@shyamaprosadbanerjee8626]

The fact that even Ferguson made it to the final with this team and won the league is phenomenal. I don't think any other manager could have done this.

[@jerickalberca4503]

Simeone

[@shyamaprosadbanerjee8626]

@@jerickalberca4503 I should give Simeone his deserved bit of appreciation, but I must say that his teams are very very fit and can run a lot.

[@FootballMadeSimple]

very true it was a great achievement

[@joestar3335]

My fav Man Utd season post Ronaldo. Ferguson made the wrong choice of midfield putting Giggs and Carrick together at cm

[@kevin-pu2lx]

tbf the 2010/11 season was the last United season that we challenged for prem and champions league. It extraordinary that fergie lost his best player but still managed to get a cl final before real Madrid. 2013 United could of chalked for cl if it wasn't for the ref

[@pepguardiola5878]

Pep is the goat among managers, he beat SAF twice in a UCL final that's got to be Something else.

[@AstroSully]

Give SAF Messi, Iniesta & Xavi and see how the tables turns.

[@langampho9659]

@@AstroSully nou u want messi while Ferguson had ronaldo?😂😂😂

[@AstroSully]

@@langampho9659 Messi is better than Ronaldo lol. Not to mention Iniesta & Xavi the greatest midfield duo of all time.

[@Authentic_Ayo]

@@langampho9659 Ronaldo was not in utd that time

[@nemboy1567]

@@AstroSully was it not the same Xavi, Iniesta and Messi that Frank Rijkaard had? It's not just by having good players, they also need coaching

[@tobiadebiyi7490]

Busquets was MOTM of this game, his positioning was out of this world and kept on breaking the lines with his passes

[@mbofftheradar]

No it was Messi, he was running rings around Nani and Evra, and his positioning allowed Busquets to make those disguised passes, not to mention he got a goal, and started the attacking move which led to Villa's goal...l

[@tobiadebiyi7490]

@@mbofftheradar still think it was Busi, Messi a close second for me. Agree to disagree

[@unbirth999]

At this rate, this channel deserve more than a million subs already. Quality content as usual!

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Thanks mate!

[@thetdproject5304]

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[@MrMooemoney]

I lived in Wembley triangle at that time and I remember I've never seen a football team play so good that season.... I saw every Barcelona game that season at one of my fathers friends cafe in Wembley high road..... Best team I've ever seen...

[@pertamakedua3771]

How Pep Guardiola outplayed Sir Alex Ferguson? With a combination of genius manager, lion-hearted captain+legendary CB, one of the greatest RB of all time, genius DM , greatest midfielder duo of all time who can telepathically between the two of them, and greatest player of all time

[@brandonayong752]

Guardiola improved that Barca team a lot but this just reminded me how amazing Mourinho was when he came in the premier League. He was competing against prime Ferguson prime Wenger and prime benitez and smashed all of them winning the PL 2 years in a row

[@jerickalberca4503]

But nowadays hes now predictable

[@brandonayong752]

@@jerickalberca4503 I mean I wouldn't judge him on this season he came half way to a team that was 14th in the league. He clearly Will make Tottenham his team during the transfer window and I believe next season there Will be challenging big things However it is true that his last few years haven't been as dominating as his 2002 2012 era

[@kindface]

And yet, it was the 2010-2011 Barca that Sir AF said was the greatest team he ever faced. Mou came into PL with a brand of European football that had no answer at the time in the PL. As soon as the likes of Guardiola, Klopp, etc landed in PL, Mou is unceremoniously relegated to an average coach.

[@brandonayong752]

@@kindface Guardiola said Mourinho was the coach who gave him the most headache and Mourinho won la Liga in 2012 with 12 points ahead of pep

[@kindface]

@Brandon Ayong And how have Mou and Pep fared since Pep joined BPL? Rhetorical question.

[@rizvirar]

Totally dominated by Barça💗 & Messi was untouchable 🔥

[@vinayakofficial]

I remember watching this game. It was the hardest game to watch... but I’ve resigned to the fact that nobody could have beaten this Barcelona team. No midfield could have matched up to theirs.

[@nbofddsrtre6216]

Agree, it's prime messi ,xavi, iniesta and Busquets

[@rukdropov]

No its tactics. The United players were good players. But Pep built on Michels & Cruyff before him and the rest of the world was slow to understand the advance in positional football.

[@benford9963]

Despite all of these incredible victories for pep, people still call him a fraud

[@cristopher7019]

Why they call pep a fraud

[@coconut7490]

​@@cristopher7019 😅the joke is that people believes he only win because he lead teams that are already strong. That where the bald fraud thing came from.

[@andrewsantos3283]

Perfect analysis of the game. More like the Old Lion against the Young hungry Lion. A battle of thinkers and tacticians. But barca prevailed due to their superb technicality and ball possession.

[@kingejiro]

There was no way we were gonna beat this Barca team. We all knew it before the game started. But this is a game where Berbatov should’ve played, Hernandez did nothing but run around like a chicken.

[@mattholt2451]

kingejiro true and I think we should have also played with a 443 aswell and not started giggs

[@inlikearefugee5194]

Yep not one of MU players can match the individual skill of any Barcelona player.

[@nandarizkiadiwinatapura9559]

@@mattholt2451 should have been go with Carrick, Park and anderson so Rooney will be the lone striker

[@kevin-pu2lx]

@@nandarizkiadiwinatapura9559 Scholes instead of Anderson. Park in midfield. Nani should of started. We should of sat deep and hit on the counter

[@nandarizkiadiwinatapura9559]

@@kevin-pu2lx hmmm i think it's Scholes who make the United midfield better because he is giving Xavi and Iniesta hard time since he was in. But i doubt he has the energy for full 90 minutes so maybe i agree with you for the 1st half

[@bishalkhatiwada2607]

The biggest mistake you make against prime barca is not focusing on busquets

[@anirs8198]

Great content man!! U deserve a million subscribers

[@zakimarzuki8227]

Barca was really impressive that season. No doubt about that. However, I was also impressed how United got through the final with that squad. Not downplaying their achievement but more to how less dominant the team was compare to 07/08 team. United may had better chances if the opponent wasn’t the Spanish champions. As a Red Devil’s fan, I was devastated since we lost 2-0 in the previous similar encounter.

[@alecmorariu6291]

That united team was stacked

[@tullioliuzzo5887]

Barcellona 2011 and Ac.Milan 88-89 are the greatest teams in the history of Football...

[@joshuaojo5510]

I remember feeling so embarrassed during the match, like look at my dear Manoj United being tossed around like toys

[@BubblesChika]

Having to play an ageing Scholes and Giggs in the midfield didn't help him

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Especially against that midfield

[@fargo1234]

Scholes only played as a substitute

[@jerickalberca4503]

Barcelona were unanimous at that time. The future of football against one of the standards

[@haroldmondragon6270]

@@jerickalberca4503 Xavi-Iniesta-Busquets were world champions

[@vs6300]

Leaving scholes on the bench till 77th minute was a bigger crime

[@anirs8198]

Can you make a video on Why Carlos Puyol was so important to Barcelona

[@jerickalberca4503]

Headers

[@jerickalberca4503]

Not so skilled but so vocal

[@zadoruphin7794]

@@jerickalberca4503 Not so skilled? His positional sense, tackling ability and calmness on the ball were all some of the greatest ever.

[@andrewsantos3283]

@@jerickalberca4503 puyol is a skilled player. Multi-positional as CB , CDM, Sweeper and an extended RB to some games

[@hermonelpepsi8984]

Jerick ALBERCA look at your picture your like 12 or something

[@Bedoroski]

Great analysis. You deserve more views.

[@cosmosokpighe4962]

There was simply no solution to this Barca team, if you won against them it was because it wasn't just their day.

[@anirs8198]

Make a video On How Bartemeo is ruining Barcelona or Will Newcastle united bought by Saudi Arab Royal family Will they be the next PSG or Man City?

[@vlsv4076]

Just a great video, well explained!

[@chrisnoecker5287]

thanks for this m8, interesting analysis.

[@suyezlee6650]

Pep's Barça destroyed Fergy's United. He was caught shivering on camera lol

[@galacticoti9788]

When the tempos are high, Anything could go any where but MIX trio was from another galaxy

[@grapefruit5690]

This just shows us football isn’t just about passing the ball wherever and scoring. There’s more that goes with it.

[@kingkenz9829]

Another great quality video due to how articulate you are 🤗 certainly shown clearly and effectively how Barca outclassed man u

[@raymondeng2017]

Suggestion for your next video: Park Jisung's role in Man Utd

[@HishamR89]

SAF completely got the selection and the tactics wrong. Its especially disappointing because he had 2-3 weeks to study Barca as the league was won by then. ManUtd also luckily went into the break with the score being 1-1. That was a great opportunity for SAF to shake up things which unfortunately he failed to do. Secondly the selection was wrong. Against a team that overloads effectively he needed to play 3 in the midfield and Giggs was not suited to this game at all and neither was Hernandez as his hold up play wasn't good enough. Barca would've won regardless of SAF tactics and selection but they were made to look much better due to his failure.

[@anishwinger]

True could have used Berbatov midfield has to be very compact against Barcelona , you need energy and technical ability against them , only way 4-4-2 could have been used was already done 17 years before against Barcelona dream side . AC Milan vs Barcelona , they used a compact midfield of 4 in the middle giving little to no space to Barcelona midfielders, while in this match there was acres of space to every Barca midfielder, lot could have been done but now it's past lankyguyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/classic-match-series-ac-milan-4-0.html?m=1

[@daytradingnl4734]

Besides great players in small spaces with a lot of triangles, in ball possesion barca creates an extra player in midfield by playing one vs one in defence. Thats a big advantage of 4-3-3 against 4-4-2. Disadvantage is that you need the right type of players (and coach) with the tactical skills. Barca had that. 4-4-2 is easier to play.

[@DearmantStudio]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmLNcqxtjJZkga8 Diamond Platnumz Ft Zuchu - Penzi (leaked Audio)

[@AkbarKamallGames]

SAF wanted to press against one of the best ever Barca teams with aging Giggs and slow centre backs in Ferdinand and Vidic. It was suicide. I think Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson in the midfield with Nani and Valencia out wide and Rooney up top on his own would have been better. Rooney also dropping into the midfield making it a 4-6-0. Playing a low block and countering with the pace of Nani, Valencia and Rooney on the transition, in the space left behind the Barcelona full backs was the only way Man United could have beaten this Barcelona side.

[@haikalizzul8050]

Legend on every positions. That Barca team was onfire🔥🔥

[@thewhizkid3937]

I would agree. But to this, what made the difference and I would say this consistently was the brilliance of Messi.

[@swaggraic7282]

@@thewhizkid3937 With the legends with him of course

[@Artem_1899]

8:38 Offside when Rooney passes to Giggs

[@anirs8198]

Can you make the evolution Of Maldini Or Zidane or Lothar Matthaus

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Great ideas!

[@joikabolle1806]

Football Made Simple or make evolution of Phil Jones

[@fuad_a7]

And Gullit or Rijkaard

[@rangersdcompany]

Im a liverpool fan but of course I respect Sir Alex and what he achieved but in this match he got it really wrong. In the end it was a 2vs4 battle in midfield for them and the two in questions were not even proper DM. I watched this game last week and Park would run desperatly from the wing to try and close the gap in midfield. One of the weakness of playing a 2 men midfield. But credit to that Barca team as well, the false 9 role is always one to create havoc, thats one of the keys for Klopp's LFC for exemple

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Agree 100%

[@rangersdcompany]

@@FootballMadeSimple Thanks mate, im a big fan of your channel, keep the videos coming =)

[@abdullahmurtaza5975]

Plz make a vid on xavi’s tactics as a manager at Qatar 🙌🏻❤️

[@justintime7351]

Pep's brain never fails to inpress me

[@anirs8198]

Can you make a video on the evolution of Dani Alves Plzzz

[@FootballMadeSimple]

What is the best match played by Barcelona 2010/11?

[@shekhar_narwal]

Pep said the game against Santos was the peak Barcelona!

[@odeanbarker2634]

Vs RM 5-0

[@mathy7543]

Vs RM ❤️💙

[@mitonaarea5856]

barça 5 real 0

[@ehsannoroozi6540]

Nice🔥

[@aphiwemkhwanazi.]

Guardiola shocked me all his players were welly organised and i was just replaying this

[@mufasa6272]

This was like a practice match for barca, it was too easy for them, great team

[@54321djg]

Very interesting stuff. Loads of adverts on your videos though.

[@mmohd7735]

I'd be really interested in analysis of the final two seasons earlier, the 2-0 Barca win

[@yosepha2383]

i just finished watching the full match on brfootball lol, and u just uploaded 😅🤣🤣 incredible, but barca was brilliant utd had no chance

[@Shreper]

Where i cant see the video in br football

[@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011]

To be fair like half of the United squad were over 30+ but that's football Barca took good advantage of United weaknesses and won fair and square

[@Shreper]

@@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011 😂😂😂 we dont need ur comments sir alex Ferguson said barca was better so stfu

[@matheus5230]

@@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011 Barcelona was also that brilliant

[@kairihd3521]

@@Shreper they probably said its blocked in your country, smh

[@kryabkrysabian4957]

Very nice video again. Could you do Bayern vs Barcelona in the Semi Final Champions League 2012-13?

[@FootballMadeSimple]

coming soon...

[@kevin-pu2lx]

@@FootballMadeSimple do United vs real Madrid 2013, United were amazing, even morinho said best team lost

[@Unknown-eg4yy]

Nice

[@rukdropov]

The simple point is that Man Utd played with 2 CBs marking space. Barcelona dominated possession because they had a 8-6 advantage in all the other areas of the game (9-6 if you include the GK for countering the press). You can make strong comparisons to England v Hungary 1953. You can't give your opponent a fixed strategic overload in the middle of the park. Period, You also need to allocate a man on a player like Messi (squad balance should include a world class marker at this level - in the same way Stiles marked Eusebio in the World Cup Semi-Final in 1966. Teams must be properly organized.

[@gugulethudube2249]

What is taken for granted is how good on the ball all Barca players were and how they used incredible shot passes in tight spaces to beat the press. That Barca side was the closest to an unplayable team i have ever seen.

[@debayandas430]

I’m no kidding I play fifa like these Not like Legendary barca tactic but a little bot of that like using a midfield helping Striker like Griezmann Because Messi is a winger now he’s not a ST but it’s really good This is the best analysis video

[@eaglemoneysnip]

Could u do 4-0 Bayern vs Barca one ?

[@BhagyanagarRE]

Pls make a video about how great Jupp Heynckes Bayern and Mourinho Inter out coached Pep Guardiola..

[@MrJondinham]

I remember watching this and thinking how can Fergie not see then needed one up top against this Barcelona team. 442. Crazy

[@kevinclinton5813]

Conduct an Analysis on Rinus Michels tactics on the Ajax side led by Johan Cruyff..🙄🙄

[@andrewmier1419]

I always watch your videos and create Football Manager tactics based on the analysis you provided, and guess what ... I won Bundesliga in my first season using TSG Hoffenheim (They hired me in 2020)🤯 Keep making videos♥️ I would like to recommend a topic, "Best transition/build up play" like Mourinho's counter attacking Real Madrid

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Added to the list

[@nomdomz0-011]

This is literally Johan cruyffs 343 diamond, cruyff really ahead of his time

[@zakimarzuki8227]

United treble winning side next please!

[@skyllahentertainment148]

Woow look at this amazing talent

[@ebad2144]

0 Dislikes Bro 💙

[@ViratKing1811]

That barca team was just amazing 🔥

[@subashtamang8785]

Seriously man this channel is more underrated than busquets

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Thanks man

[@wesleyamuro]

Can you do another one on 1999 UEFA Champions league final this time with Man U emerging winners?

[@morgancarvalho4408]

There is an article from Rooney, saying that he felt that in the final Sir Alex didn´t want to risk it too much, and Rooney felt that if it was a UCL final, they should´ve displayed a different team, with more attacking promise. I actually understand Sir Alex problem in this particular game and in against this barcelona at their peak. Had they attacked more, maybe the result could be 5 or 6 in favour of barcelona. Maybe Giggs playing on the midfield was tactically not astute, but at least he brought calm and maturity. I don´t remember exactly who could and who was not available in the final, but I remember at the time that they had Berbatov and Nani in the roaster, so they could play a bit more attacking maybe.

[@madeinpakistanatoz2588]

I would not read too much into what Rooney has to say about tactics. If you really want to know what had happened. watch Rio Ferdinand post match analysis which had done just a couple of years ago

[@iantan232]

This United is the weakest to play in UCL final.

[@FootballMadeSimple]

They did well to get to the final

[@tomiwa7538]

@Ashtaroth Solemn Hypnotic no because Ferguson made average teams look good. It was more of a contest in 2009 and united missed alot of chances. Ferguson also got his tactics wrong in this match with both the set up and personnel

[@rickyrickalvous2982]

@@tomiwa7538 Hindsight would win 38/38 games Getting tactics and personnel wrong is part of football because we can't tell the future

[@tomiwa7538]

@@rickyrickalvous2982 oh well fair point but it's more of a tactical error imo

[@jiyefuuu]

@@rickyrickalvous2982 not really.. he was overconfident. When the lineup was shown I was disappointed n knew they will lose. It was too open, I was expecting a defensive counter attack tactic.

[@Boy_O_Boy]

It can't be read as an excuse for defending Man Utd's poor form in this final.This Man Utd team was the skeletal remain of the 2007/08 and 08/09 team.It was a miracle to see this team reach the final.If the semi final pairing had been Man U vs Real M and Barca vs Schalke,it would have been an el clasico final.I would say,in the champions league,we ride on Sir Alex's excellence and a manageable opponents in the knockout stage(Marseille,Chelsea,Schalke).

[@abcd123432802]

Yeah he completely outplayed him, using a world class squad with world cup winners and Balon dor nominees. While Ferguson used Ryan Giggs in central midfield and Rio Ferdinand who's legs were done.

[@shantanusinha2828]

Tactics matter, more so than personnel. If you don't believe me, look at Barca's current squad. It doesn't lack talent or quality. It lacks a tactical structure which is why the team is in shambles. And if it wasn't for the individual brilliance of Messi and Ter Stegen, I don't think Barca will crack top 2 in the La Liga

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Yes Jordan you’re absolutely right. Those 2011 squad was just overpowered. They plough Madrid before this if anybody having memory loss. Those Madrid would plough United too.

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Shantanu Sinha I’m not disagreeing you about the importance of good tactics. But this Barca is just too strong. On paper they are sky above United that night. And also that whole squad is not newly assembled. The key players were already telepathically connected. I watched it live when Barca plough us in 2009 and 2011. Same scenario : outclassed in every aspect. When you’re already better in every aspect and the squad play as a team nothing can stop you.

[@pysky4u]

@@shantanusinha2828 this Barcelona side are unbalanced tho

[@shantanusinha2828]

@@iganpparamarta8813 I'm not disagreeing with you. 2008 - 2012 Barcelona were, in my opinion, the greatest football team to ever kick a ball. Heads and shoulders above anyone else. But the world class players are not the only reason. A big part yes, but not the ONLY reason. That's all I'm saying. Guardiola and his tactics also played a role

[@realog868]

A Great Game but at that Time no Had answers for Barcelona, even tho Inter won against Barcelona in 2010 but still it was tight & there was nothing like some team outclassed them. When every player knows his role & the weightage of game Performance is divided into equal parts , game becomes interesting. Winning a match is something good but dominating like that is even better. That has been the case With Pep's team & will always . His team never revolves around 1-2-3-4 players but 11 players.

[@orizaguspita1277]

beautiful game at that time

[@cammro]

barcelona had 2 losses in the month before, 1 to madrid and 1 to soceidad, he didnt use either of those tactics, they had a draw with madrid in the semi final as well, but the tie was over in the 1st leg after pepe's red card and the 2-0 so maybe it was light. i think ferguson didnt tactically change anything for this match, he sent his team out how they played against everyone else and wanted to see how it matched up. and his selections in personnel was for counter attacking and wanting to keep the tempo high. if they expect to have a lot of the ball, they'd play nani, scholes, carrick, he didnt play berbatov much once he had bought hernandez, but berbatov would also fit that bill. if they really wanted to shutdown barcelona they play 451 that moves over to keep the short passing spaces small, let pique mascherano busquests have it in less dangerous areas and they play long, or they sit deep and narrow and let them cross it against vidic ferdinand, and then break on the 2nd ball. the trouble with pressing center backs is that you need your defence and midfield high. i do not know how they would all fare in foot races with each other, but i wouldnt trust vidic racing against pedro or villa over 20-30-40yds, i think the other 3 would be fine, and on the flip side, mascherano is surprisingly fast and only against 1 player up there, busquets and piques lack of legs wouldn't matter as much since the other people needing to join the counter would start from deeper. something else with top teams, is that because they win, and are better at football, they don't defend as much so are worse at it, like why does giggs track a touch line alves when it would leave messi open 8 yds outside of the box, that's risk assessment that top offensive players playing for top teams don't really have to consider, like that's an auto pilot response to league teams who have bigger center forwards and are more of a threat from air crosses, like they are great with the ball and good enough without it. consider a title race if you beat the bottom 10 tin can teams, that's 60 points in your title race you're 80% of the points required to winning the 2011 season, that's what united were good at. if the league was top 10 teams, and you played them 4 times instead of 20 2 times, united aren't winning that type of league. but all the analysis of small outnumbering they do is great. going to a 2-1 shape in midfield instead of 1-2 to prevent a forward from marking the pivot, that's clever. i think i left a comment on this video before, these are barcelona's bread and butter, go-to strategies, beating the way man united set up was like they've done that for years, whereas how many times have united had to play against a high press on their center backs

[@fridayapple3225]

the sad thing is that Sir Alex didn't have Fletcher and he dropped Scholes on the bench

[@joestar3335]

Why did he had to play Giggs and Carrick together...

[@kevin-pu2lx]

@@joestar3335 that was a really bad thing United did in midfield, they should put scholes and park there

[@joestar3335]

@@kevin-pu2lx our attacking players were fine but damn we lost the midfield battle from the start

[@kevin-pu2lx]

@@joestar3335 I was watching an analysis of the match, it mentioned that when Scholes came on, it left space for united, he dragged xavi and iniesta. United were the better team after he came on, it was too late. No wonder why scholes swapped shirts with iniesta

[@athayphom3551]

Scholes was 36

[@mochamadrayhandhranaufal2935]

can you made Barca tactics under Luis Enrique?

[@glanced9684]

Can you do videos on how Bayern outplayed Barca in 2013?

[@oupahendjala1944]

Did you know David Gill had suggested that Sir Alex sign both David silver and Ribery as Ronaldo replacements but he chose to sign Valencia instead

[@Thecommentorsiu]

I feel that AF didnt take research about Barca before the match at all

[@siliconscope]

GREATEST FINALS DISPLAY EVER

[@footballman10]

Do APOEL 11-12 please

[@treychoppa1723]

Fergie went in with old school English 4-4-2 so modern day football outsmarted him

[@sld1776]

He could have played the 4-4-2 Diego Simeone style. Deny the space in front of the area, move the bands of four across the pitch, and look to counter. Barcelona would have still been favored to win, but that would have given him a chance.

[@uliseslopez4639]

@@sld1776 I don't think that's Ferguson's style

[@vs6300]

He actually often played 4-3-3 in UCL, Scholes at the centre, always worked magic. This time we dont know what came over him to do the worst setup ever.

[@misomiso8228]

How do you think Man U should have lined up? I've seen Rio Ferdinand in an interview say that he disagreed with Fergie's tactics, and thought they should have set up to be much more counter attacking. Could Man U have gone 4-3-3?

[@jppennypincher9051]

No team could outplay this era of Barca. The only way to beat them was to out think them. Balls that beat their immediate press and relieved pressure while also putting them on their back foot was the only way. This required a low block with a highly intelligent and disciplined side that as they stole back the ball, knew exactly where the pressure points were. You also had to have pace or physicality or both in attack and forwards that would assist in defending too. All 10 guys, just like Barca, had to play important roles. No one was gonna outplay them at their own game. Inter and Chelsea -who were ripped off, showed the recipe. Bayern later exposed Barca badly, but I think at that point this version of Barca had passed their peak. Hence signing Neymar and Suarez etc....

[@marvellkairupan444]

Can you make a video of how chelswa thrashed everton 4-0.. please?

[@bdt5096]

Please make Real Madrid 5-0 Bayern next

[@leo6d985]

I guess sir Alex didn’t know what to expect because the superiority was too big. It felt like they didn’t expect all of that from Barca... also this is the team that won 2 tripletes and various doubles with league and cup. They are the best team and the best manager, but someone we are now with a 2-8 and Messi wants to love.

[@terreonnhenry5778]

A video on Bayern Munich destroying Tiki Taka

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Good idea

[@leonardodelacruz3859]

@@realog868 My man, when bayern defeated barça pep wasnt barcelona's coach. PS. That year barça played without a coach almost all season long. RIP Tito Villanova

[@realog868]

@@leonardodelacruz3859 he was the coach, although not present on the pitch.

[@leonardodelacruz3859]

@@realog868 By "he" you mean who? If you mean tito, he wasnt present off the pitch either. As i said, they didnt have a coach.

[@swaggraic7282]

@@realog868 You're stupid, PEP left that season

[@PeterParkedHer]

This match will live in infamy for most middle aged united fans imo this was arguably our greatest CL campaign in terms of resilience and passion after CR. Rooney needed a partner this game so he could drop back help occupy the space Messi had to freedom to exploit all game.

[@bojanmladenovski9682]

It would be different story if both teams were at same years and similar fitness levels (like xavi and iniesta at Scholes and gigs years)

[@rodrigocsantos730]

Yeah barca wouldve won

[@rayhan4461]

We Miss this Barca 💔🥺

[@athayphom3551]

If everyone was in their prime and mid 20s it would have been hard to say whod win, but in this match most united players were about to retire.

[@muhdamsyar4800]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@augustushananvillaramaramo1213]

The problem actually similar with 2008. I wonder why did Ferguson not learn.. At least brought one energetic midfielder alongside Carrick, he brought Giggs instead :(

[@Timbone07]

You underestimated how much was spent on the Barca squad. Unlike at Man United where Fergie could not spend and was going after bargains

[@augustushananvillaramaramo1213]

@@Timbone07 barca squad back then mostly came from la masia, their youth academy Man utd.. at least they could afford for one physicial type of midfielder, moreover with the money from Ronaldo sale.

[@augustushananvillaramaramo1213]

Valdez, puyol, pique (buyback clause, so not that expensive), busquet, xavi, iniesta, messi, Pedro Those all are free players from la masia. No need to spend bucks to brought them

[@Timbone07]

@@augustushananvillaramaramo1213 Please go and do your research. Guardiola outspent Sir Alex that season. That their first 11 consisted mainly of La Masia was not intentional. Ronaldinho joined Barcelona after winning the world cup. Barcelona spend a lot www.givemesport.com/1514986-pep-guardiolas-17-signings-as-barcelona-manager-where-are-they-now

[@augustushananvillaramaramo1213]

@@Timbone07 Ronaldinho?? You should be the one doing research. He's already gone long before Barcelona meet ferguson

[@shekhar_narwal]

Greatest team!!!

[@eamonreidy9534]

That great Utd team reduced to a 70% pass rate, 30% possession and 1 shot on target. Never seen such a massacre in a european final with such a good team on tje receiving end.