Tactical Analysis : Manchester United 0-1 Atletico Madrid | How Simeone Controlled United |

What tactics were on display in this match
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[@FootballMadeSimple]

How far will Atleti go?

[@arrexifc4540]

Quarters imo

[@christopherkane370]

Final

[@jin1411]

Atleti doesn't have a good season in Laliga, now they are coming better. But stopping in the quarterfinals is reasonable

[@killuazoldyck7592]

Final

[@wokie.3204]

Why is it that in CL you never do the analysis where the portuguese clubs are involved? Didn't do it when amazingly Fc Porto knocked out Juve and now when Benfica knocked Ajax... I mean I get it with Sporting being trashed byt City it wasn't anything special but those other 2 it's a shame. Not meaning to diss just wanting to get a answer. Love your videos

[@JackSordakaPVS]

Points I found note-worthy: 1. When Matic played in the earlier match, Fred was allowed to go advanced where he was way more effective. Fred showed his flair but wasn't that effective as he wasn't that advanced or adventurous. Matic's presence could have provided him the assurance to venture further ahead. 2. If you are playing against Atletico and not expecting the 'Dark Arts' of football, the blame is on you. Time-wasting and rough play is their big-stage Modus operandi. 3. Maguire again has proved to be an expensive liability, where Varane showcased how a good CB should work. 4. Manchester United played well, especially the first twenty minutes, but Atletico were gifted for their defensive determination. 5. Jan Oblak is World-Class!

[@killuazoldyck7592]

I love atleti because of dark art type of football it gives me adrenaline Aspecially when we are defending a 1 nil win 😆😆

[@siutadru]

exactly. Also thought I should add that Oblak is back to his usual levels.

[@drinksnapple8997]

This is just how Atletico crushed Liverpool a few years ago at Anfield. Same play book. But it is interesting how Simeone figured out that the ManU weak link is Harry Maguire and easily used his incompetence to open up the wings.

[@DeeManSony]

Is it that hard to figure

[@amazingfactbyjoy4064]

@@DeeManSony 😂

[@baomai7603]

Should have mentioned griezmann dropping back deep to help marcos llorente, as a striker his tackling were spot on and stopped so many overlaps.

[@debangarajchoudhury1409]

He did mention that

[@abdrezzakbessaci7711]

Griezmann always had a hight workrate

[@killuazoldyck7592]

Simeone gave man utd a 90 min lesson on " how to defend properly"

[@friendlyneighbourhoodstoner]

Well said 💯🤝🏾

[@adrianalanrossiterrenart5423]

yeah our defending has been pretty irregular throughout the season, but yesterday it was spot on, and so was Oblak

[@spencerstuart2491]

You should do arsenal transformation of tactics

[@thierrytiti886]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Penaldogslayer]

🐢💨

[@cloddy_oys]

I feel you should have talked more on how slabhead Maguire was caught out of position numerous times. Tbh he played a major role in atletico’s goal. Leaving dalot to make a difficult decision by covering for him thereby leaving Lodi free in the back post. Maguire is just pooooorr

[@lotharlaishram765]

No media outlet will ever mention Maguire's atrocious form Cause he's English, cause he can head the ball like no one else. The irony 🤣

[@haworths623]

@@lotharlaishram765 not sure what you are reading but I only ever hear about Maguires form.

[@CassiopeiaOnYT]

If you look at the backline when Athletico made the attacks, Maguire is so badly up front Varane has to single handedly cover the center

[@cloddy_oys]

@@CassiopeiaOnYT my point exactly

[@radamirabdulle3559]

@@haworths623 your right you do hear alot about maguire on twitter and youtube but you wouldn't hear BT and sky pundits talking about him. In fact pundits have said how previously certain Man U agents would talk to these pundits to discourage them from criticising the player on tv so would not be surprised if Maguire agent had something to do with this.

[@BubblesChika]

United should forget about top 4 and just play a load of youngsters and reserve team players for the rest of the season. They need a total overhaul come the summer. They should really take the long-term route and start rebuilding again from the top. They really don't have the structure to take the short-term route and still be successful like Chelsea so a complete rebuild is what they need, abandoning their quest for top 4 for a few seasons to implement an actual system with actual team players

[@BM9-KZ]

United can reach top-4

[@mhdminhaj7021]

@@BM9-KZ depends on arsenal

[@Justin-ev3zc]

@@BM9-KZ No Arsenal is favourite and if they won't then spurs or West ham will

[@evinpauldaniel161]

In my opinion, yesterday the game completely changed when Rashford was brought on for Elanga. It was an absolute blunder of a decision from Rangnick. When Elanga played on the right he used to dribble and use his pace well. Elanga can play on both wings. Meanwhile Rashford is a one dimensional direct player who can't move the ball anywhere from the right side. The only case where Rashford is to be subbed in would be if the game went to ET and Sancho was feeling tired then it would have been logical to swap Sancho for Rashford at LW

[@markant9534]

Elanga couldn`t get on the ball enough.

[@evinpauldaniel161]

@@markant9534 He did well in stretching Atleti's defence. He gave a hard time for Reinaldo and pressed high as well. But when Rashford came in he was moving the ball at walking pace and he also doesn't know how to dribble from the right. It made Atleti's job much much easier. They only had to defend one flank (The left side).

[@robert2690]

@@evinpauldaniel161 The goal was scored and already ended before Rashford was on so... you’re using him as a scapegoat.

[@carlosalbacete7913]

What hurts the most? United's mediocre game or City's superb football?

[@giantorres3352]

Atlético played with two different systems in each match and man u couldn't keep up.

[@anshumankonar877]

This same atleti team was dumped by xavi"s Barca.

[@thatguy597]

So you're saying Barca could smash united

[@jin1411]

At that time Atleti was a sinking ship even losing to Levante, now is much better. Its unfair to compare two period. Anyway Barca is on the right way

[@Kdsz232]

Barca was a joke atleti could score 5 goals after Dani alves red card

[@jnka2887]

No it's not, when Atletico got destroyed, they use 2 center backs in the first half and didn't cover Barcelona's winger, where it's the key to defend against Barcelona, in the second half, they started to use 3 center backs and it's better

[@darkdante212]

@@jin1411 fax they've switched up since then.

[@lordtea]

Atm: we have maguire 🤪

[@pepehimovic3135]

Atleti started with Koke too tbf. Both seemed to be starting with 10 men. Only difference is Koke dropped his best performance of the season while Harry Maguire played bad (? Idk I don’t watch Utd) as usual.

[@pepehimovic3135]

To anyone that doesn’t know Koke has been a huge factor to Atleti’s atrocious form both in La Liga and the CL. The moment he got injured a few weeks ago back to back wins for the first time since August and climbed up to 4th in La Liga. He like Harry Maguire keeps starting despite disasterclass after disasterclass. Both are captains too. But yeah, he certainly showed up last night.

[@killuazoldyck7592]

@@pepehimovic3135 atleti fan here i know he has been poor for some time but he isn't as bad as maguire

[@najmussabir6051]

Both of Dalot and Telles were so high from their Inverted position, espeically Dalot ✅ If it was Carrasco instead of Lodi United could've conceded more even though Lodi scored one ✅ Then RR brought Matic to cover which was too late. Ragnick could've put Fred and Mctominay a little deeper ✅

[@JackSordakaPVS]

Fred in deeper position is a liability. In the earlier FMS tactics video, we saw how Fred is way better in the advanced position.

[@Qammar_GGMU]

2 Major Problems in this United team: 1. United have Maguire as a CB who can't run behind his back, can't play high line cause he's slow and takes time to turn, not to mention he gets bully Everytime in 1vs1. 2. United plays with Mctominay as a CDM which he's not, He's a number 8 and CM/CAM at average and he always plays out of his position and leaves a lot of space. (RB and LB aren't good enough either, struggling mostly)

[@madhavsree4200]

I saw people saying Ragnick would outclass Simeone and he is a superior manager than Diego. This match completely proved everyone's doubts.

[@killuazoldyck7592]

When i see people say simeone don't use tactics it boils my mind for me he is the best coach

[@itsved7863]

4-2

[@itsved7863]

@Atletico1903 yet still below us in the league

[@lordtea]

Cr vs maguire Result: rip cr 🦷 😅🤧

[@krazzylion4135]

Man U needs a top first class COACH !

[@nataniell6230]

I’m an Arsenal fan but watching the game I thought something suspicious with this referee. That was truly one of the worst referring performances I’ve seen and looks like borderline corruption

[@phumipatsudmai9273]

For real

[@Jesuispourlajustice]

Tous derrière siméone et l’athletico vamos ! La copa uefa c'est pour eux !

[@fishyfish6510]

No disrespect to United. They had 10 men against 13 men😂

[@guardianbravo2139]

Athleti are the wall that gets punched but punches back Source Bavarian World

[@StoutProper]

Man U have won two champions league knock out ties since the 2011-2012 season. They’re an embarrassment, let’s be honest

[@eddykasili8131]

yes we are a joke

[@arrexifc4540]

United definitely weren’t good yesterday. The defence was poor and the attack wasn’t creating so many chances. Respect to simeone.

[@rmadridista369]

For me it's still today

[@yashfactsunveiled]

Man UTD were pressing aggressively but with 5 defenders at the back are holding up so tight that they couldn't find any chance to score... Massive respect to Oblak for his performance... But there were often some fouls for Man UTD that referee didn't gave... So I would say UTD were pressing aggressively which was good but not concentrating on defence where Atleti was taking advantage for counter attacks...

[@Fortunateis4luck]

In the latter part of the 2nd half (especially after the substitutions), yes. Even then, Man Utd played really well in the rest of the game.

[@Arto8080]

@@rmadridista369 because you're madridista

[@rmadridista369]

@@Arto8080 Huh? I dont live in Europe

[@Svally]

This should have been a W for united in my book. But tooo many mistakes and un-precisely. The finishing within box and crosses were bad. Atletico did not even want the ball that much.

[@ojasdighe991]

Should have been in my book, ok

[@giantorres3352]

In the first match Atlético were superior, the second was more even, but I think overall Atlético were superior.

[@StoutProper]

How should it have been a win? They had 1 shot in the entire second half, the only match they’ve done worse than that was the second half against city

[@giantorres3352]

@@StoutProper in the first match Atlético could have easily won 3-0 and the second match was pretty even.

[@StoutProper]

@@giantorres3352 the second half wasn’t Utd only had one shot in 45 minutes

[@narutolikestoes9028]

Man oblack is just so good

[@markant9534]

Better than he`s been playing all season

[@kbswung5658]

Can you do an analysis on Leeds 2-1 Norwich? (I'm a huge Leeds fan and I would love to see it)

[@iiNeedSkins]

Dunno if he does championship teams.

[@kbswung5658]

@@iiNeedSkins I thought it was an interesting game, and we can see how Marsch's system is implemented at Leeds.

[@Davidbookworm]

dude you're amazing. this could still work in pes mobile. lol

[@whamster7217]

sometimes i feel like the creator of this channel can be a better manager than some professional managers

[@animeshpati5525]

It's easy to observe, and all tactics aren't enough, u need a motivational factor

[@rooseveltpeters8578]

I don’t know if the current UTD squad even have the drive , quality, & discipline to play tactical. With such poor players and lack of finishing ability it made it harder. Especially with the lack of leadership from Maguire

[@leface30]

Do one on upcoming Clasico plz

[@someonesomewhere1600]

Interesting analysis. But they didn't win it, we lost it. We dominated but can't score. And scoring is all that matters.

[@Seaxuan]

Man Utd should play direct high tempo football in that match, they wasted so much time to build up in the midfield intend to keep & recycle possessions, that exactly what Simone wants, looked at At Madrid tactics almost like dumbbell shape formation, which means heavy emphasis on Attacking and defensive units, let Man U have the midfield, sort of like a trap, expected to counter attack Man U, exploring its defensive gaps,

[@darkdante212]

Vintage atletico 👏👏

[@papegueye3178]

I would like u to do the analysis of ajax-benfica's game.if u don't mind

[@MozwGamer]

Reinildo it's actually pronounced "ray-neal-tho".

[@souvickrahaman9231]

Make a video on Arsenal and Barcelona

[@emiliano6591]

it's de Paul not rodrigo mate, no one tell him rodrigo

[@superskaria]

Must say with all respect your analysis lacks all positive and negatives of both sides... And controversy in the goals, timewasting,tactical fouling

[@killuazoldyck7592]

For me timewasting is a form of tactics Its known as time management

[@superskaria]

@@killuazoldyck7592 but it's not in the spirit of the game.... U r no there to test ur level of competence rather... Cheat ur way through. That team will not be regarded highly even if u win.. u will always been known as cheaters.

[@DAB_1903]

@@superskaria The spirit of the game is winning. Not taking advantage of all possible tactics within the rules, is the equivalent of an army executing a full frontal infantry assault wearing red cassocks after the invention of machine guns and guerrilla tactics. It may feel more chivalrous and elegant, but is ultimately foolish.

[@superskaria]

@@DAB_1903 spirit of the game is not about winning.... Winning was never in the equation of spirit of the game.... It was always about enjoying along with the other team,showcasing your max potential, and accepting any result after giving your everything... Why do u think players shake their hands before the start of the game....??? It's symbolise play well and most deserved team may win... Not cheat your way to victory.

[@superskaria]

@@DAB_1903 who ever told u that u will be considered a great team if all u did way cheat ur way through... They will always be known as the team of cheaters...

[@Nanthuni1210]

It’s the fridge’s fault again

[@markant9534]

No, utd wwere awful in the final third.

[@kun_jr]

Captain fantastic 😂😂😂

[@DeeManSony]

Best one I heard was maguire is an ice cream van ina manu shirt

[@НикиДимитров25]

Your ratings are so off most of the time

[@yanni2666]

this is tactical outplayed

[@IWAITEDDAYSTOGETKNOCKEDO-py5qm]

Maguire out, he does so many mistakes during the game.

[@viksinha5410]

United fans blaming the ref 😂😂

[@yaredgashaw6420]

Rangnick fault is picking Harry

[@joetom1023]

Where is the link

[@kelvinirungu5573]

Analyse even arsenal tactics,

[@pennsylvaniadc6296]

Man United played the whole game..

[@KingKing_777]

Ronaldo was always wide open in the final third..selfish teammates cost us the game as usual

[@MKANDRESTINPEACE]

putting maguire time after time failing mean ragnick has no balls and is BAD coach

[@shevy.5528]

if only 1 goal was converted and the score was 1-0 for untied i wonder if you would say the same shit about united. crap massmedia, everybody acting smart

[@ashikm8522]

shouldve played matic& pogba like they played in totenham match.to be frank bruno was not good in this match.i can't understand why is ragnick playin maguire

[@CR34Tor82]

8 mins for a tactical analysis? What a waste of time. I'd rather have 2 mins for biased referee decisions.

[@ytrobbyoc]

man united really needs hair dryer treatment just like the old days. especially maguire, sancho, bruno, pogba, mctominay and fred.

[@lokey.y]

Sancho? I think you mean rashford

[@ytrobbyoc]

@@lokey.y sancho play bad aswell

[@superskaria]

They got the goal by tactical fouling Fred who was supposed to intercept Griezmann's pass...

[@py4356]

It is all about the ref dude. ManU was robbed.

[@GabrieldeCarvalho]

Ralf Ragnick's tactics: "Pass the ball to everyone except Ronaldo"

[@markant9534]

Ronaldo didn`t do much when he did get the ball, Athletico`s pressing was too much for him and utd.

[@harjonotanuwira8226]

Ref was so biased

[@jwj4535]

When you loose all neutral factors appear to be biased

[@footballmadesimple9737]

اول

[@TTTT-sj3vz]

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