But you have got to say Manure were amazingly lucky during that match. Every attacking foray they dealt turned into goal. I honestly consider that a fluke more than anything else.
While i think it wont happen again even if they play each other 10 times.I wouldnt go as far as calling it a fluke.Man Utd completely outclassed Roma that day.De Rossi and Pizarro were utterly outclassed by Giggs and Carrick who completely controlled the midfield and allowed Rooney and Ronaldo to shine.
For me it was more effeciency than fluke.Man Utd proved this season how important goals from the midfield are.I look at their squad and you cant help but think that anyone can score.From Ronaldo,Giggs,Scholes to Rooney,Saha and even Ole.
I don't agree as even you said yourself the game was won in midfield, which it was. Manure had a full squad in midfield yet could do nothing about Kaka and Pirlo, and even they were lucky to win at Old Trafford. Milan was the better team on both occasions as they are the better team... partly because they know how to keep the ball.
Well to be honest Milan lost the midfield battle to Liverpool in the final.But still managed to win the game,thanks to their counterattacks and their defence holding on
I might get some stick for this but IMO Man Utd mastered counterattacks more than anyone else last season. and their defence is pretty good when they're all fully fit.So i dont see why they couldnt have won,if they had a stronger defence against Milan.Now i'm not saying they would have won had Rio and co been available.I'm just saying that Man Utd's absences contributed alot to their loss.And had they been around things might(might being the operative word) have been different.
The author may look far too much into MIlan to prove his point, however everybody knows that the "English" sort of game does not work in the Champions League. And such a league is comparable to the world stage as every sort of tactic is applied to the Europeam Cup. Manunre's tactics might work in the Prem, but in Europe they fail consistently.
I think that Man Utd's tactics are more flexible than you give them credit for(at least last season).
IMO They arent one dimensional as the writer says..Carrick,Scholes and even Giggs help control the tempo for them.And IMO they play a possesion based game in europe,and try to turn up the pace whenever they can.
The only clubs to break the stereotype in England are those clubs led by foreign managers... Benitez and Mourinho. They actually make sense with their tactics. Everybody else does not.
Pool are successful because they have an intelligent manager... who is anything but English. That's why they are successful.
People don't like to admit that, but this is the case regarding the EPL nowadays. The league has climed these heights because of foreign investments and foreign faces at a managerial and player level, which is not English. The latter love to brag about their league, but they should realize that their best clubs are really not English
I never said otherwise.Although i think that only Chelsea has improved due to foreign investments out of the big 4.
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