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Scored: Demba Ba (12); Live (40); Martial (43)
The loss to Arsenal last weekend put a lot of pressure on both coach Solskjaer and the MU players. Midfielder Paul Pogba, who caused the penalty that was the only goal of the match for Arsenal, has suffered a barrage of criticism on social media and newspapers. Captain Harry Maguire’s defender had to post a forum to apologize to fans.
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| Basaksehir vs. MU |
Against this background, MU marched to Turkey for the third match of Group H Champions League 2020/21 after playing excellently in the first two matches: a 2-1 victory in the defending field. PSG runner-up and destroy RB Leipzig’s “challenger” with an impressive 5-0 result.
It seems that when participating in the battle in European tournaments, Solskjaer’s teachers and students feel more confident and sublimated than moments of immersion in extreme stalemate against opponents in the Premier League. Don’t be shy, last season, MU reached the semi-finals of the Europa League and only stopped ahead of Sevilla, the league record in number of championships (6).
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| Initial diagram of MU before Basaksehir |
Meanwhile, rival Istanbul Basaksehir has just been very poor in the continental arena. The Turkish team have lost all 3 European Cup matches, they haven’t even scored any goals. Furthermore, Basaksehir lost 8/14 matches in the European arena since last season (qualifying included).
The MU himself has a lot of experience in dealing with Turkish teams. Just because of the visits to Turkey, before this season, MU won 3 (against Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Bursaspor) and lost 3 (1 time against Galatasaray and 2 times against Fenerbahce).
Although the rival does not have enough power, although the performance in the European field is good and this weekend, MU also has to face the formidable Everton in the Premier League, but in the end, the coach Solskjaer did not dare to risk throwing the field “team B” “completely. The Norwegian army still decided to keep some code names.
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| Bruno Fernandes has yet to play, although he showed signs of exhaustion last season when he played non-stop |
So midfielder Captain Maguire, winger couple Shaw vs Wan Bissaka, driver Bruno Fernandes and forward Rashford continue to plow, not resting like other key players (De Gea, Pogba, Lindelof, Fred, McTominay). If nothing is out of the ordinary (injury, for example), these names will almost certainly remain on the starting list before Everton, meaning the water is 100% guaranteed.
Determined to score a beautiful victory both in terms of scoring and gameplay to create momentum for the home playing field, Solsa has put together a super attack scheme when aside from a defensive Matic, the other 5 names count. from midfield they are inclined to attack. Martial played a pair of forwards with Rashford and Van de Beek and Mata for the first time had a combination with Bruno Fernandes.
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| Demba Ba scored his first goal for Basaksehir in the Champions League this season |
On the other side of the front line, Basaksehir has several names that are not strange to MU. It was midfielder Martin Skrtel (many years at Liverpool), striker Demba Ba (playing for West Ham, Newcastle or Chelsea) and especially Rafael Da Silva, a 1990 defender who had been at … Man Utd (2008 -2015) even though it is a reservation card. At the time, Rafael’s other twin brother, Fabio, also joined MU, but Fabio’s run at Old Trafford was much more “tragic”.
With the design too inclined to attack, it is not surprising that MU pushed the team all the way to Basaksehir field right after kickoff. Even the two full-backs were also offered support regularly. In the 10th minute, Luke Shaw himself, after receiving the ball from Van de Beek, had a “difficult to define” situation: if it was the shot, it would be too deep to be assisting.
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| Donny Van de Beek showed up when he got a chance to play |
And shortly after that, Basaksehir unexpectedly punished the powerful visitor with a strong counterattack. Edin Visca passed his class from home to Demba Ba rushed to face Henderson, who had a rare catch and coldly defeated this goalkeeper to open the match score.
In the 21st minute, in a similar situation, Axel Tuanzebe – the young midfielder who received praise after his great performance against PSG – was forced to foul Demba Ba to stop the striker for the second time. near Henderson. Of course, the yellow card was taken.
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| Basaksehir got the second goal still from a strong attack |
A more interesting detail is that Demba Ba and Matic were together at Chelsea in the 2013/14 season. At the end of the season, Demba Ba was sent off because his performance did not meet expectations (he scored 14 goals in more than 50 appearances). To find goals and also test the match, MU is actively deploying a variety of attacks.
With the ban in the middle, the ball was pushed into the wings with the support of Shaw and Wan-Bissaka, but Basaksehir’s defense played well, played rolling to ensure maximum safety for the goal. Not only that, the home team also counterattacked very well with minimalist ball lines with great precision.
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| Martial recovered a goal for MU before the end of the first half |
In the 32nd minute, Mbombo crossed the ball from the left wing for Aleksic to head high, but the ball went to Dean Henderson’s position, so it was reported. However, in the 40th minute, the best team from the start scored a second goal. Turuc won the ball from Mata in midfield and then quickly slid into the 16m50 area before passing. Demba Ba wisely raised his leg so that Visca in the back had a chance to comfortably defeat Henderson.
Until then, the Red Devils really “woke up”. In the 43rd minute, Luke Shaw deftly eliminated an opponent on the left wing and crossed the exemplary ball into the 16m50 area for Martial to hit a difficult header, provoking the home team goalkeeper. Early in the second half, coach Solskjaer surprised the defense when he pitched McTominay to replace Tuanzeba with enthusiasm but still inexperienced.
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| Coach Solskjaer did his best, but still couldn’t help MU avoid failure |
In the 54th minute, MU enjoyed a wide-angle kick from a distance of 23 meters. Bruno Fernandes fired a shot that went through the barrier, but it wasn’t dangerous enough to beat goalkeeper Gunok. To turn things around, Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani were thrown onto the field by the visitors.
However, these settings did not work as expected. MU still attacked extremely blocked, only passing the ban outside the 16m50 area, but there were very few killer tectonic lines to cut through the opponent’s defense.
Until the end of the match, despite always holding the ball above 65% and throwing twice as many passes as the opponent (more than 800), in the end, MU could do nothing to find the tie. In fact, in injury time, in a corner, a Basaksehir player broke the ball on the line. MU players think the ball has crossed the line, but with goal-line technology, of course, it’s hard to make mistakes here.
Thus, MU has prolonged its disappointment with the second consecutive defeat. The “Red Devils” are now really messy with extremely volatile gameplay and lack of identity. Before Basaksehir could not be fitter, but MU “could not function well, the players are not finished”, I do not understand this weekend when I met Everton to play well from the start of the season, it is not clear what face they will show, especially when some pillars the column was extremely exhausted, represented by Bruno Fernandes.
TEAM
ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR (4-2-3-1): Fehmi Mert Gunok; Rafael, Martin Skrtel, Alexandru Epurea, Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo; Danijel Aleksic, Irfan Can Kahveci; Edin Visca, Berkay Ozca (Topal 87 ‘), Deniz Turuc; Demba Ba (Greenwood 80 ‘).
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-1-3-2): Dean Henderson; Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Fosu-Mensah 76 ‘), Axel Tuanzebe (McTominay 46’), Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Juan Mata (Cavani 61 ‘), Nemanja Matic, Bruno Fernandes; Donny van de Beek (Pogba 61 ‘); Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford (Greenwood 76 ‘).
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