HOW MAN UNITED CAN BEAT LOFTY BAYERN MUNICH 1. United should employ old-style English pace. Deploy Valencia and Rooney on either wing, with Hernandez in the middle. Bayern are good at almost all things but they cannot handle real sprinters. 2. Sit back with virtually every player behind the ball. Allow Bayern all the possession they want in Uniteds half of the pitch. But when United nick the ball, the two wide runners take off like relay sprinters waiting for the baton; in this case a long ball over Bayerns defense. 3. Guardiolas Bayern love to press their opponents upfield, meaning that the central defenders are often stationed at the centreline. And yet Bayern defenders, especially Dante, are notoriously slow. One perfectly pitched over- the-top ball, picked up by Rooney, Valencia or Chicarito can cause a lot of havoc for the favourites. Playing that way, United will undoubtedly have several one-on-ones with the keeper. 4. Bayern fullbacks Lahm and Alaba are vital to the Germans attack and spend a lot of their time in the opposition half. With the right pass, fast wingers like Valencia can exploit those gaps to devastating effect. 5. David Moyes has been criticised, particularly by Van Persie, for spending too much time practising set-pieces. But with Bayern as the opponents, set-pieces are gold. The German giants, like all Guardiola clubs, are very shaky at set-play and any high ball floated into their box can cause some panic.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:28:33 +0000
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