Thread by @pythaginboots

#FCBMUN [Tactical Thread]

➡️ Rather have Obama in goal than Onana
➡️ 5-4-1 shape off ball yet Sane walks past 3 players
➡️ Musiala sends Casemiro almost into retirement
➡️ Reguilon and Rash = good attacking chemistry, poor defensive chemistry
➡️ Kane v Hojlund

#MUFC #FCBayern

So United started well. Generally proactive but dropping back into a 5-4-1 or 4-1-4-1 shape to frustrate Bayern with Casemiro floating between cb/cdm.

Whilst Sane was having moments, none of it was really coming off and Kane looked isolated. ETH's gameplan seemed to be working.

Then came the first goal. Rashford with some pitiful defending against Sane, allowing him to cut in and then Eriksen comes in as cover but makes a feeble challenge and then to put the icing on the cake... a horror handling show by Onana. 1-0 Bayern and a smash and grab goal.

With Bayern's peckers up, they start to become more aggressive with their positional play - with the entire side now wanting the ball and pushing high up the pitch.

Musiala comes alive and leaves Casemiro in his wake. This will now set the tone for the majority of the game.

A half time hairdryer obviously puts some spirit back into the United side and they started well.. with Hojlund putting away a difficult shot in a tight area. Was it a deliberate bounce finish? not sure but he did well to get a shot off. It feels like momentum is about to shift..

Then the hand-ball call. Feels ridiculous but if we are applying the rules in a cyborg like manner, it must be said Eriksen's hands did seem away from his body but were they away in a horizontal sense or vertically? does it matter - should it matter. Killed the game (or did it)

United looked deflated and Bayern finally established true control of the game, until the very end of the game when the legend that is Casemiro remembers he's a champion of the highest order, salvages pride and scores to make it 3-2 - bulldozing through Bayern's very deep block.

Bayern have been wasteful throughout the second half and it feels like they may unbelievably draw this game 3-3 but then Tel shows up the admirable journeyman Choupo how it is done with a composed touch inside the box and a rocket finish to confirm the score as 4-2?

But no.. another spanner in the work. Casemiro gets another?? seriously what on earth is going on. One of his worst performances in Europe, also is a game in which he scored 2 goals - Football, bloody hell.

End score... 4-3. Mad game.

Weird game. United can feel hard done by but were also very ragged and fortunate to not lose by a larger scoreline. Bayern didn't feel fluid and needed the Onana mishap to come alive. They also conceded 3 to a bang average side. That has to raise some concerns.

Conclusion...

Bayern look unstable. There's parts of the attack that can catch fire... Sane and Musiala look electric but the other parts of the attack look pedestrian. Midfield wise, there is a holding midfielder missing.

United, conceding 4 goals is shocking. Need a cb partner for Lisandro and the full backs were not good enough defensively.

Casemiro doesn't have the legs to mark the most dynamic 10's in the game anymore. There is also zero control of the midfield.

Pellestri battled hard but looked very limited on the ball.

Hojlund still rusty, and looks short of match fitness. Did well to get his goal and has really been thrown into the deep end.