http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813, Nani and Valencia – How will Sir Alex change his formation at Manchester United? – Part 4
Aside from a 4-4-1-1 formation, Sir Alex Ferguson can also use Ashley Young on the left side of a 4-2-3-1 formation. This formation which was used so successfully by Germany at the FIFA 2010 World Cup against teams like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757, gives balance to a side. At Manchester United, their veteran manager can use the 4-2-3-1 formation by using Ashley Young as a their left winger as described below;
New Goalkeeper
Fabio - Smalling/Ferdinand – Vidic - Evra
Carrick - Fletcher
Luis Nani – Wayne Rooney - Ashley Young
Javier Hernandez
In this setup, Javier Hernandez will be deployed as United’s main striker. Wayne Rooney will play in behind him in as a trequartista; much like Mesut Ozil did for Real Madrid in the 2010-2011 La Liga season and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 at the FIFA
2010 World Cup. Young will line up on the left side of this 4-2-3-1 formation providing support to Wayne Rooney and Hernandez. Luis Nani will be a suitable option on the right rather than http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 as this setup requires players to drift in order to create
space for the full backs to exploit on the wings.
Both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 and Evra’s offensive tendencies, this formation can very well be Manchester United’s key setup in the up-coming season especially as far as European football is concerned.
The 4-2-3-1 formation was also utilized by Jose Mourinho at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 on the left wing. Young might not be as talented as the Portuguese winger but he can have the same effect on United’s formation by giving them
the ability to field two defensive midfielders by putting the creative responsibilities on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 along with the likes of Nani.
However the major drawback of this organization is the fact that United’s offensive onus is totally dependent on Javier Hernandez. It is also suited to the teams who like to play on the counter attack, something that United look
to do against stronger opponents but not against most of the teams in the English Premier League where they focus on a game style characterized by their high tempo. The 4-2-3-1 setup also fails for teams who focus on a fast build up something that United tend
to do as exhibited against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 at home and against Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Their only goal in the final of the UEFA Champions league against Barcelona was a by-product of a quick one-two between Rooney and Carrick before Giggs
laid the ball off for the English striker to finish the move off.
Another noteworthy fall out of this setup is the fact that Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345 and Park Ji Sung out of his first team. The latter has been a favourite for Ferguson when it comes to big
matches but his disappointing display in the UEFA Champions League final against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 coupled with his remarks that he might be about to leave Manchester United means that Park may not be at Old Trafford in the coming season.
To be continued in part 5...
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