Haha. Great comeback from the boys. I honestly believe though we could've had more from this game if we'd played our game a bit more. That first half was the worst ever in our history IMO.
3-5-2 would have suited his tactic better. He tried Simeone style 4-4-2 but we sat too deep. Our mids don't have Atletico's work rate.
It's obvious the right tactic against Pep is to counter but I think the 4-4-2 was the reason we were so deep. To cover the CBs, you need the CM to sit on top of them, it drops the whole team back.
Like I said after Conte doing similar $#@!, if we want to build a $#@!ing team and play good old fashioned counter attacking football then I can accept that. But we just approach games like this with the intention of defending for 90 $#@!ing minutes and hoofing it up the pitch to nobody or my personal favourite, lob it around 2-3 times then concede a throw in.
I don't recall Conte parking the bus against Bayern at all. If anything he tried to impose our 3-5-2 and failed at doing so because they had better players. The criticism people launch against him is that we should have defended with 2 wide players on each side and played on the counter.
3-5-2 would have suited his tactic better. He tried Simeone style 4-4-2 but we sat too deep. Our mids don't have Atletico's work rate.
It's obvious the right tactic against Pep is to counter but I think the 4-4-2 was the reason we were so deep. To cover the CBs, you need the CM to sit on top of them, it drops the whole team back.
Allegri is not at fault for trying to play park the bus and counter. Most coaches take it as a given that Pep teams take possession and you try to counter them. It failed miserably as we choked for the first 45 min and then his hand was forced to play our normal game and as it turns out, Bayern's midfield and defense was very vulnerable. Could he have foresaw that? maybe but its not surprising that the guy tried countering first.
Still, their midfield is vulnerable and Pep isnt known for organizing defenses. It will be tough and we are unlikely to go through but they are not Pep's barca. We can really trouble a midfield of vidal, thiago and whoever else. They are no iniesta and Xavi and besquets
His tactics in the first half nearly cost us the game. His subs worked beautifully in the second half though. Needs to conjure up something special in 3 weeks time..